astro-cosmo-q

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   by astro-cosmo-q 2y ago

   A parenthetical remark just to clarify since I was reading quickly. Wrt the second point in parentheses about stretch factors - upon a second look it is not clear to me exactly what is happening since they say the factors are both fixed for
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   by astro-cosmo-q 2y ago

   I am certainly not suggesting anything negative about the character or reputation of the authors of the work. I think that work on alternatives to the accepted concordance cosmology model (LCDM) should definitely be explored, and David Wilt
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   by astro-cosmo-q 2y ago

   As someone who works decently close to, but not in, this area, I am surprised to see this on the front page of HN. The paper authors do not use correct statistical practices (e.g. H_0 cannot be fixed “as a nuisance parameter” to remove a de