So far, I have noticed no mention of the cyclic theory in NATURE, so perhaps it is too early to tell how the scientific world will think about it. I have this problem with the rebound. If all of the matter has turned into elementary particles and/or energy, how is it possible to have a repeat performance? I am not a cosmologist, but I would be interested in what happens when brane meets brane for the repeat performance.
I will be interested in watching this theory and its authors, Steinhardt and Turok, fight it out in the scientific community.
It is such fun to find new ideas being presented in the legitimate journals. Of course, Andre Linde's ideas are very much respected in the scientific community.
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