Assessing the scientific status of inflation after <i>Planck</i>
Assessing the scientific status of inflation after <i>Planck</i>
Inflation is considered as the best theory of the early universe by a very large fraction of cosmologists. However, the validity of a scientific model is not decided by counting the number of its supporters, and, therefore, this dominance cannot be taken as a proof of its correctness. Throughout its …