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This isn't an argument so much for science as it is for funding of scientific experiments. I don't know about you but I feel like this public, cultural, collect
by uoaei 5y ago
This isn't an argument so much for science as it is for funding of scientific experiments. I don't know about you but I feel like this public, cultural, collective investment of time and energy toward dark-matter-seeking projects is not bearing out. It's worth testing other theories more completely.
For instance, I've seen a convincing argument[1] that dark matter researchers consistently underestimate galactic inclination, which in turn results in poor fits between model and data, leading to the epicycle-like fudge inclusion of dark matter as "everywhere we would expect mass to be, given xyz".
[1] https://tritonstation.com/2022/01/10/the-curious-case-of-agc-114905-an-isolated-galaxy-devoid-of-dark-matter/ https://tritonstation.com/2022/01/10/the-curious-case-of-agc...