I Is Penrose's Cyclic Cosmology Model Only Applicable on a Local Scale?

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While I am skeptical of this, it is a serious proposal that has not been discussed recently on PF.
A recent thread asked about Penrose's proposal on cyclic cosmology. It was closed due to lack of any remotely acceptable sourcing, even after prompting. Much of the original professional publication on this is not available on arxiv. However the following includes a summary of conformal cyclic cosmology and earlier references (that are not readily available online):

https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.01740

On this basis, if anyone wants to discuss the current plausibility of this model, this thread can be a suitable basis.
 
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