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> This is the epic tale of the unending hunt for dark matter ... Despite huge pots of money being poured since the 1970s into dark matter experiments on, under
by jamesrcole 8y ago
> This is the epic tale of the unending hunt for dark matter ... Despite huge pots of money being poured since the 1970s into dark matter experiments on, under or above Earth, despite endless late nights spent doing calculations, and despite plenty of media coverage, researchers keep getting nowhere
It's ridiculous to refer to about 50 years of work so far as an "unending" hunt, and it's a sign of the very short-term thinking of our age.
- JohnJamesRambo 8y agoWell we’ve found a lot of other things in that same timespan, for reference.
- jamesrcole 8y agoAnd a lot of things took much longer, thus my statement. Also, just because something's been going on for some amount of time says nothing about how much longer it might take to get the answers.