Dark matter and dark energy are models, "made up" to try and model reality's differences from general relativity. General relativity was "made up" when the New

Dark matter and dark energy are models, "made up" to try and model reality's differences from general relativity. General relativity was "made up" when the Newtonian model was found to differ from reality. The Newtonian model was "made up" to explain the Copernican model, which was "made up" when the Ptolemaic model was found to differ from reality. All models are wrong. Some models are useful. Everyone knows that the models aren't perfectly accurate; that's what models do: model. We literally say "this model is wrong" all the time.