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Yeah it is sort of like a physics in-joke, it doesn't really mean that anyone believes there is actual matter or energy that we would recognize sneaking around right under our noses, there's no obvious explanation for it, it makes the math work the way we expect but it doesn't seem to really be there. But it's sort of fun to ironically pretend it is a familiar and practical physical phenomenon, and for lack of a better explanation why not run with it, but that doesn't mean it IS the explanation. It's sort of like how you might pretend your car has feelings. You know everything about it that tells you it actually doesn't, there's no actual sign of it at all. You might be able to make it fit the facts from time to time, but it doesn't mean you're going to make sure to go ask how your car is doing after every major life event. It's fun, it's harmless, but it's not real.
Nope, wrong. Dark matter is LITERALLY modeled as matter we cannot detect.
... how... do you think science works?? We get EVERY sign of matter, call it Dark Matter, yet have no basis for saying yes it's actual mass out there?!
You are a fool if you think science does not say Dark Matter has mass...