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"Dark Matter" is a name for the observations of the discrepancy. It's not a theory in and of itself. Lots of the theories trying to explain the observed discrep
by SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
"Dark Matter" is a name for the observations of the discrepancy. It's not a theory in and of itself. Lots of the theories trying to explain the observed discrepancy (dark matter) include that in their name (like the λCDM theory), others (like MOND) don't. They're all trying to explain the same observations though, so they're all theories of "dark matter".
- uoaei 3y agoI don't think it's helpful to lump in MOND under the "dark matter" umbrella, and no one else aside from you seems to do that. It's specifically not about matter nor energy (i.e., QFT) in every formulation that's out there. Further, MOND does try to explain the discrepancy with articulated theories, just in ways that don't conform to the assumed supremacy of QFT-based explanations.