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Is this a good summary: Results of current dark matter (effect) detection experiments have yielded different than expected results. These results don't seem t
by mjevans 9y ago
Is this a good summary:
Results of current dark matter (effect) detection experiments have yielded different than expected results.
These results don't seem to fit any current single theory about dark matter* (it would be nice if there was a nice short enumeration of theories and WHY they didn't fit with the combined set of observations).
Therefore we should spend more money, building more and different detectors in different areas run by different groups, and collectively gather more and varied data so that 'we' can attain a more clear understanding.
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However, aside from some of the changes in 'sensitivity' for existing detectors yielding *"new data" (unexpected results) (this seems like low-hanging, confirmation of theory, modification of existing experiments). Lacking from the article is a proposal of what, in theory, the new detectors might detect and /why/ they might be detecting that, or how different outcomes from the proposed experiment might provide support for or against current theories.
- ajross 9y agoI think the bigger part of the story is that the criticism involves a plausible scenario for terrestrial contamination that requires no new physics at all. Needless to say that needs to be ruled out before we spend more time than necessary pontificating about dark matter.