The
Flatness Problem is rooted in the belief that the Universe is the
entirety of all the mass and energy there is and that there is nothing
outside the Universe. This contrasts with the view arising in the
Malta Template which is that the Universe is a body situated
within larger uberuniverse.
In the
Current Paradigm, the
Universe is a selfcontained unit which can, depending on the
energy/matter density in its early moments, be open, flat, or closed.
Observations suggest that the density was exactly such as to make the
Universe flat. However, this level of finetuning is difficult to
believe in without there being a good reason for it. The currently most
favoured "good reason" is provided by Inflation Theory but as yet this
theory has no absolute empiric confirmation.
In the Malta
Template, the mass of the Universe is the sum of the mass of the gravitons
it contains and the energy of the Universe is the sum of the
kineticenergy, potentialenergy, and latentenergy of its gravitonpairs. The
Universe is not a selfcontained unit and thus it isn't open, flat, or
closed. The amount of energy contained by the Universe depends upon the
history of the Universe and not upon any need to be balanced. The mass
and energy of the Universe may actually be so exactly balanced as to be
perfectly stable but, practically, this is highly unlikely. Much more
likely is the the Universe will have an excess of mass over energy, or
of energy over mass, and will be behaving accordingly.
In the Malta Template, there is no Flatness Problem.