Prephysics Research Programme

Cosmology

Dark matter, dark energy and model assumptions.

Diagnostic focus

The cosmology line asks whether measured discrepancies license new substances in every regime, or whether part of the inference is carried by modelling assumptions.

The cosmological licensing question

The data are not denied. The issue is what the data license once averaging, homogeneity and scale-dependent model assumptions are made explicit.

Diagnostic focus

The programme separates robust measurements from the interpretive step that turns discrepancy into hidden content.

Connection to backreaction research

Buchert, Wiltshire and Räsänen provide a live scientific programme in which structure and averaging can alter the inferred cosmic dynamics.

In-depth work

The cosmological argument is developed in the scientific and public-facing book treatments.

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