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MOND was a healthy idea to pursue, not because it was the correct alternative (I really have my doubts that it was) but because it was AN alternative. Maybe so
by zamalek 6y ago
MOND was a healthy idea to pursue, not because it was the correct alternative (I really have my doubts that it was) but because it was AN alternative.
Maybe some postgrad might have had less of the mainstream science groupthink indoctrination because of it.
That being said, dark matter is a real phenomenon: it is a measurable quantity of how wrong we are. Dark matter isn't the problem, WIMP is.
- Beldin 6y agoWe have a theory and observations. Observations don't match theory. So, at least one of them is incomplete. Dark matter puts the emphasis on observations(that is: assume the overall theory is roughly correct): there are things out there that, if we would have observed them, would make the theory fit. Alternatives for gravity focus on the theory (accepting observations as roughly complete): if we change the theory, it should fit the observations. TL;DR we ought to have A=B, but there's a mismatch. The problem could be due to either A or B. Or both. Both should be worked on - at least until one can be fully ruled out.