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A detection of primordial gravity waves has been heralded not only as a smoking gun for the existence of inflation, but also as a way to establish the scale at which inflation took place. In this talk Dr. Watson will review the connection between a confirmed detection of primordial gravity waves and the scale of inflation. In particular, he will discuss whether other primordial sources of gravity waves could lead to a misinterpretation of the data. He will also discuss challenges for inflation model building and the implications for the post-inflationary, “Big Bang” universe.