What's the truth behind CCC's concentric circles prediction for the CMB?

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The discussion centers on the paper titled "Concentric Circles in the CMB" by Roger Penrose, which presents a prediction related to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC) model. Participants debate the significance of the findings, questioning whether they enhance the plausibility of Penrose's model. The consensus indicates that initial attempts to identify concentric circles were flawed, leading to skepticism about subsequent analyses, despite improvements in methodology.

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http://arxiv.org/pdf/1510.06537v1.pdf

I found this semirecent paper about CCC's concentric circles prediction for the CMB.

Is this just another piece of the debate, or is its significance enough to increase the plausibility of Penrose's model?

Thank you in advance for your answers, and please forgive my poor english :D
 
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I was at a conference when this paper was presented. Little flaws were found if I recall . My take is that the first attempt done by Penrose to find the circles was badly done and so no one wanted to listen the next time round even though the analysis was better performed.
 

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