Eternal Inflation refers to
A) the possibility that our universe is only a patch of a greater universe and that the process of universe spawning will continue forever.
B) the observation that cosmic inflation could eventually curve back in on itself, causing its opposite: the compression of space.
C) cosmic inflation inflating itself such that its own inflation is self-generating.
D) the presence of a distinct beginning of time.
Answer: A
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