Are We Late in the Probability to Form Life Stage of the Universe?

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Inflationary models are very contingent on supersymmetry, says Kuyo Kuyoma. To do the job that inflation is supposed to do, you need 60 E-folds of inflation. The idea that inflation would happen at all is actually pretty easy in a particle physics model. In order to solve traditional fine-tuning problems of the early universe, inflation has to persist for a long time.

Welcome to the February 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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