Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd View Post
A faulty assumption that is also the basis of the Hawking-Penrose theorem. OP is about finding evidence for the inflation period which is THE explanation of the uniform red shift and the explanation of the flatness/horizon problems with the general BB theory. Inflation needs gravitational force which is not attractive in nature (repulsive). Until one has developed such a theorem (Quantum theory of gravity), it's all hypothetical.
Fair enough. Outside quantum levels, gravity always act as an attractive force. There's a reason why quantum physics and normal physics haven't been combined yet.