Cosmic inflation appears to have shifted from settled science back to speculation

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You can get background on what I’m talking about in this post here and here.

Probably the best thing to do is let the experts weigh in on this.

It’s interesting to note that the empirical evidence from BICEP2 has never been called into question, only the interpretation of that evidence.  An interesting reminder, no doubt painful for the scientists personally involved, is that scientific evidence remains as much about interpretation of the evidence as the evidence itself.

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4 thoughts on “Cosmic inflation appears to have shifted from settled science back to speculation”

  1. Also a good reminder that the scientific process doesn’t finish with a paper being published and picked up by the media. Everyone gets a crack at explaining the findings

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