On the Carroll-Chen Model (Long Unpublished Version on arxiv)

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I argue that the Carroll-Chen cosmogonic model does not provide a plausible scientific explanation of our universe's initial low-entropy state.

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original Weaver, Christopher Gregory (2017) "On the Carroll–Chen Model". Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 48(1):97-124

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