[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by NotStein

Hi Y'all, I'm new here, & likely somewhat off the 'edge', so maybe you can bring me current and tell me where I'm wrong (& I'll actually sleep on those visual-type nights!).

Why inflation occurred seems to still be mystery, but seems obvious to me. The mystery seems to be how could the universe have expanded so much faster then the speed of light at it's inception? The following 'picture' nags at me (mostly at night) and I don't see where it's wrong.

1) The 'universal constancy' of the speed of light is a fallacy.
2) 'C' is only constant in a given medium, otherwise a prism wouldn't work, right? 'C' is unique ONLY to the medium it's travelling in.
3) space-time is a bubbling froth of virtual particles popping in & out of existance, quantum loops, knots, quarks,etc. - therefore, just another medium (like glass), right (therefore setting'C")?
4) What did the Big Bang blow up into? Not space-time, 'cause it didn't exist yet, right? Space-time was created 'behind' the wave-front of the initial 'ka-pow'.
5) Therefore, the wave-front of the Big Bang blew up into what? Nothing, right? Why would the speed of light in a 'vacuum' (C) even apply? What's the speed of light in nothing, close to infinite, right?

Help.

Welcome to the toequest community Nostein,see that you have made an excellent start.
You will receive all the help you need here,good hunting.

warm regards michael.