> so we come up with a form of matter and energy The current top comment by superqd[0] probably deals with this best. Maybe there is a literal dark energy and

> so we come up with a form of matter and energy The current top comment by superqd[0] probably deals with this best. Maybe there is a literal dark energy and dark matter, but the thing that is manifested is a 'correction' term in the way we use these equations, and it so happens that using those correction terms makes these equations more accurate. I'd almost go so far as to say the uncorrected equations are a model that is broken at the edges, and dark energy and dark matter are simply a quantification of how broken they are (with the added benefit that adding them to the equations makes the model better). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21279200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21279200