It took a while even after the experiment was repeated a couple times. And even after the experiment only very few could abandon the idea of ether, and only aft

It took a while even after the experiment was repeated a couple times. And even after the experiment only very few could abandon the idea of ether, and only after abandon the idea of ether, they see the new physics. Now with dark matter, we have no experimental idea and it is out-of-reach. It is there to protect the consistency (cover up the inconsistency) of our current understanding -- familiar?