Can someone translate into layman's terms what is meant by Hawkings latest postulate?

Question

Apparently cosmologists were uncomfortable with the rate of inflation in the early universe. They worked around it with a not so elegant explanation, that Hawking himself has just circumvented. What does Hawking say on inflation? How does his model differ from the conventionalist "big bangers"?

Answer 1

Hawking didn't necessarily disagree with the rate of inflation, but rather with its duration. If you haven't already found it, take a look at the article on this website which I think pretty well describes what you're asking about ==>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main...

The key to understanding the article is the so-called "wave function," so you might want to bone up on that a bit too.

Answer 2

do you have a link to the older views and hawking's new thesis?