Inflation and initial conditions

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Its been argued that inflation needs the initial conditions to be finely tuned: eg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_(cosmology)#Fine-tuning_problem
does this paper resolve this problem?

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TVN-514R65K-2&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F01%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=3f86104ee19f80e65b0d9639614e0380&searchtype=a
 
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skydivephil said:
Its been argued that inflation needs the initial conditions to be finely tuned: eg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_(cosmology)#Fine-tuning_problem
does this paper resolve this problem?

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TVN-514R65K-2&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F01%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=3f86104ee19f80e65b0d9639614e0380&searchtype=a
Well, personally, I remain extremely skeptical of the LQC bounce solution. The problem I have with it is that it so far seems to require a collapsing phase which is highly homogeneous and isotropic. But that is just incredibly unnatural, as any inhomogeneities pre-collapse will have been exacerbated as the collapse occurred.
 
Sorry, I didnt mean to ask if the paper is a satisfactory solution or to assess LQC, merely to ask if the proposed solution is referring to the same problem as is mentioned in the wikipedia article.Or is it referring to something else? It seems to me to be the case, but as someone with no expertise in this field , I just wanted to check.
 
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