I spend a lot of time on this blog explaining a
physical spacetime model and the underlying metaphysics. In this series of
posts, each entry poses a physics question for the spacetime model, along with
the answer. A separate series of posts answers metaphysics questions.
Physics Question #2. What is the inflaton (the field responsible
for cosmic inflation)? In my spacetime model,
spacetime is self-generating. Spacetime itself is the inflaton. Points are
defined recursively, with the result that the number of points increases from N
to 2N at each discrete time step. This is an extremely rapid
expansion. It never stops, so spacetime is always inflating.
