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Isn't this like having a function that explains very well data that is within an observable range, and then stating with confidence that that function also appl
by sendos 15y ago
Isn't this like having a function that explains very well data that is within an observable range, and then stating with confidence that that function also applies to data in a range that is unobservable to you?
Yes, that function may hold outside your observable space, but it may not. We can't simply state as fact the predictions that come from assuming that this function applies outside our observable space.
- redwood 15y agoSpot on, and even much of what is 'observable' here is not even close to understood. Inflation and dark energy/matter are both concepts that have been built to explain observation but which are themselves not yet explained at least not with much consensus.