The implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihoods in cosmology. (English) Zbl 1390.83469
Summary: I discuss the formal implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihood attributions in cosmology. I show that likelihood arguments in cosmology suffer from significant conceptual and formal problems that undermine their applicability in this context.
MSC:
| 83F05 | Relativistic cosmology |
| 83C05 | Einstein’s equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) |
| 00A79 | Physics |
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