[C19fan]

Calling Sheldon. What is interesting one can replace "Inflation" with "String Theory" and the article would still make sense as String Theory has all the same issues, for example, infinite number of possible outcomes, as Inflation. Supposedly based on observation in Antarctica there was some observational proof of inflation but from what I understand those results have been destroyed as cosmic dust was a more plausible explanation for the results.

[I want the USA back]

If the whole Universe is inflationary, then I’d better spend my money before it loses all its value.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

So, their latest theory is being used to either ‘prove’ or ‘ disprove’ another theory!

[Red Badger]

Trump’s fault!.......................

[onedoug]

Seems religious to me.

[Wuli]

I think the article - on purpose or not - points to a problem that is exponentially larger, as it spans all fields of science and not merely the field the author is writing about.

She points to it when she says:

“It is a practice that, to say it bluntly, has become commonplace because it results in papers, not because it advances science.”

Even “peer reviewed” has lost the meaning of “merit” it once had.

[ChessExpert]

As a teenager, I bought Hubble’s book. I don’t know that I really appreciated it at the time, but I did understand red shift and blue shift of light. Steady State and Big Bang were contending theories at the time.

As I learn more, I know less. Maybe the universe is only 10,000 years old.

While no one has filled in all the details of the past, too many are certain they know the “science” of the matter. We’ve lost the ability to recognize the difference between mere speculation and relatively secure knowledge.

[DungeonMaster]

And then a miracle happened.

[BitWielder1]

So Big Bang and Inflationary theory has been blown out of proportion?