by Coel Hellier
[The first part of this essay can be found here.]
Inflation
The comparison of cosmological models with high-quality and detailed observations of the early universe has led to the “inflationary” version of the Big Bang. This hypothesizes that, very early in the first second after the initial quantum fluctuation, only about 10-35 seconds later, our universe started an episode of exceptionally rapid exponential expansion, growing by a huge factor of about 1030 in only a tiny fraction of a second. This “inflation” was proposed in order to explain several otherwise puzzling features of the universe, including: (1) the similarity of the universe in opposite directions in the sky; (2) the exceptional smoothness of the cosmic microwave background (CMB); (3) the fact that the universe appears to have a very close balance between the total amount of matter and energy and the expansion rate, thus…
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SelfAwarePatterns 
I have commented on this at Scientia Salon (at http://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/the-multiverse-as-a-scientific-concept-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3158 ). My point is that the S-multiverse (with different physics laws and nature constants) is totally wrong.
In that comment, I did not provide links which are related to that is. As you are reblog that post here, I would like to add some relevant links here as a complementary for that comment.
For dark mass, also see http://profmattstrassler.com/2013/09/16/a-quantum-gravity-cosmology-conference/#comment-86056
For dark energy, see http://profmattstrassler.com/2013/09/19/am-i-misleading-you-about-string-theory/#comment-87311
For dark mass and dark energy, see http://physicsfocus.org/katie-mack-space-station-ams-detector-has-not-found-dark-matter-despite-what-some-media-reports-say/#comment-3232 and http://tienzengong.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/dark-energy-mystery-no-more/
For ‘string unification, see http://michellejoelle.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/philosophy-a-fruitless-endeavor/comment-page-1/#comment-502
For multiverse, see http://prebabel.blogspot.com/2013/10/multiverse-bubbles-are-now-all-burst-by.html and
http://tienzengong.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/turing-computer-vs-boltzmann-brains/ and
http://tienzengong.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/damage-control-for-the-multiverse/
For fine-tuning issue, see http://tienzengong.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/key-mission-of-life/
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Tienzen,
My apologies. Just discovered your comment in the mod queue.
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