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To me Dark Matter was always just another term for Aether, a mysterious something made up to name the unexplainable.
by de6u99er 6y ago
To me Dark Matter was always just another term for Aether, a mysterious something made up to name the unexplainable.
- irjustin 6y agoIt is because there needed to be a name for something that was unexplainable.
- jonplackett 6y agoBut I didn’t like the way it was named as if it was something specific. ‘Matter’ makes it seem like a specific thing when it was just a made up thing because we didn’t know some other thing. (I like talking in past tense about dark matter) In general I don’t like the way science is taught as if we already know everything. It would be much better to make more of the things we don’t know. That would be a lot more inspiring.
- ncmncm 6y agoThis! All progress in science has come from, exactly, attention to what doesn't fit. The next generation will need to work on those things, or see them resolved first, and take on the next level. Now is the time for them to hear about the problems they will face, and develop a thirst for answers.