Presupposes lower entropy
As an explanation for the low initial entropy of the universe, inflationary cosmology does not work since for it to work the dark energy had to begin in an even lower entropy configuration. The puzzle is pushed back a step rather than resolved.
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Presupposes lower entropy
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