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How does Inflation solve the Big Bang’s problems?
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Although much of the Big Bang Theory is widely accepted to be true, it only gets us part of the way there. Observable truths such as the CMB and the flatness of our universe reveal that there is no way the universe has been expanding at a constant rate since its beginning. It turns out Cosmic Inflation solves the Big Bang’s major problems quite well. So well in fact, that we might not even need a Big Bang at all!
FURTHER READING:
Inflation (cosmology)
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Cosmological constant
http://bit.ly/25nlp7Z
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22 Comments
@KipIngram
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PM"How Cosmic Inflation IS CLAIMED TO HAVE Flattened the Universe." Once in a rare while some video will note that inflation isn't proven, but almost all of them talk about it as though it has been.
@brandonlantier
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMThe big bang was really just a drop on a microscope slide, and its flat because we are under the glass so it has no where else to go but out.
@lassoatrain
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMThe universe inflated ?
It's hard to believe God is a democrat .
@paullukens7154
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMI love this channel and have HUGE respect for Matt. BUT (ha), after years of seeing these "fact-assertion" type videos, I am on the edge of growing weary of finding out later, these assertions are/were wrong. Are "we" 100% SURE of this? I don't think it's possible to be SURE of some of these ideas? Right? Are Physicists now racing to be the 1st to claim theories as their own? It just seems so many turn out to be wrong… so why the fully-confident-sounding video titles? Thanks Matt. You are amazing!!!
@Aeon135
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PM“Ok, so what. The universe is flat.
No, actually, it’s extremely -weird-.”
This made me laugh. It’s like a Tim and Eric line
@omidnourkhah-sf2no
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMPlease PERSIAN language 🇮🇷 translation ❤❤❤❤
@TheOtherSteel
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMAt the first Planck instant, everything was stacked on top of itself at the Planck distance. This makes it seem that everything was in causal contact to begin with.
Now explain how everything didn't have time to come into contact when it started that way, and further, how rapidly kicking everything apart gets everything into contact with everything else when it seems like it's separating everything.
@williamgragilla7007
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PM“Blown up” by what cause? Why? How?
Inflation begs so many more questions than it answers.
I think our universe is a beta simulation inside a “god-computer”. Big bang = powering on the computer. Inflation= loading the universe program.
@renaudconde6439
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMExcelente zoolander impersonation!
@ronanrichardson1309
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMAwesome visuals and video editing on the space curvature measurement with CMB
@GlennGlenn-n3y
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMYes just like Inflation is flattening our economy
@ziziessal7ie103
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMThis was already mentioned in the Qoran centuries ago! 😉😊 And still there are people questioning the existence of the creator Allah/God! 🙄🤔 Every single time when science makes a discovery, it was already mentioned in the Qoran! 😉☺️
@effectingcause5484
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMTo solve the flatness problem, suppose the universe began with just a small amount of elementary particles, accompanied by a corresponding amount of space to accommodate that energy. As space expands, it inherently creates the necessary amount of mass/energy, such that the balance will always yield a flat universe. My only aim is to offer a model which could solve the flatness problem. I say, perhaps the universe did not start with all of the matter we see today. The matter could be getting introduced at the same time as new space is introduced, allowing for a flat universe at all times, thereby solving the paradox of why the universe is perfectly flat at present.
@travusfaulkner1461
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMI think I figured out gravity.
@ShrikantBijapurkar
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMExcellent. This is the FIRST time I could understand flatness of the universe. Thank you.
@savage5757
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PM1:00 Could the points far from each other get mixed up later?
@komntator
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMWhat blob? Where?
@PlanetXMysteries-pj9nm
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMScience and the universe are something too sublime for me. Thank you for letting ignorant people like me see more of the universe. I really like this channel
Anonymous
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMI looked at the animation at 5:00 frame by frame and figured out that the zoom factor is at least from Planck length to 0.6 light years, but probably a couple orders of magnitude more, because at the start, there are probably two 9× zooms per frame, it's hard to see. Good job on the accuracy!
@wimdutch
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMThe universe has no problem. Just the human mind…
@bsmith577
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMThat is why the universe did not start with a big bang but inflation started when the black hole or mass got so large that it equal the gravity of space and with the help of centrifugal force inflation begins creating a flat universe
@realchurch2693
02/13/2025 - 5:01 PMBig bang……. but it's flat……..hmmmmmm