In the Dark

The latest contribution to the ongoing debate about the Hubble constant is a new paper by Adam Riess and collaborators which you can find on the arXiv here. The abstract reads:

As you can see, this group is doubling down up on a high value for the Hubble constant. This longstanding discrepancy gives me an excuse to post my longstanding opinion polls on the topic.

First, would you go for a “high” (73-ish) or “low” (68-ish) value:

Second, do you think the discrepancy or tension is anything to get excited or even tense about?

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