As far as I know in order to explain the horizon problem in cosmology, two major theories have been put forward viz, inflation and VSL (varying speed of light). My question is this, by detecting primordial gravity waves by BICEPS 2, thus proving the inflation theory, what happens to the VSL theory? Does the VSL theory also predict B-mode polarization? Sorry if my question is amateur, I would appreciate it if you could enlighten me on this topic.
“The astronomers who earlier this year announced that they had evidence of primordial gravitational waves jumped the gun, two independent analyses suggest.”
http://www.nature.com/news/big-bang-finding-challenged-1.15352
“Now, serious flaws in the analysis have been revealed that transform the sure detection into no detection.”
“The BICEP2 incident has also revealed a truth about inflationary theory. The common view is that it is a highly predictive theory. If that was the case and the detection of gravitational waves was the ‘smoking gun’ proof of inflation, one would think that non-detection means that the theory fails. Such is the nature of normal science. Yet some proponents of inflation who celebrated the BICEP2 announcement already insist that the theory is equally valid whether or not gravitational waves are detected. How is this possible?”
“The answer given by proponents is alarming: the inflationary paradigm is so flexible that it is immune to experimental and observational tests.”
“Hence, the paradigm of inflation is unfalsifiable.”
http://www.nature.com/news/big-bang-blunder-bursts-the-multiverse-bubble-1.15346
“In the mid-20th century, Karl Popper put forth the criterion of falsifiability to distinguish science from nonscience.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience
There are some substantial revelations around the corner for big bang proponents; i.e. the theory is verifiably incorrect through several direct, previously overlooked observations. Beyond this, the central evidence for the theory is so tunable that it has become unfalsifiable; i.e. pseudoscience.
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