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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Of course I'm not the first to think about it and of course I'm not as smart as many, or most of those guys. But if you put up a grand model that's largely unsubstantiated too early and everyone and their dog runs with it, you create a bias to try and prove it and more resources will be added to that than to find alternative explanations that night also fit the data. That is basically my gripe with dark matter as a name for the discrepancy between observable matter and "invisible" matter. It is too ad hoc, mostly added to try and save as much as possible of present understanding of how shit works. Must've stepped on a toe there, chief.

I really shouldn't feed the trolls, but I have to ask - is she hot or is she a used up tramp like your mum?