> In other words, if dark matter didn't interact with/through the Higgs field, it wouldn't explain the observational anomalies That conclusion seems premature

> In other words, if dark matter didn't interact with/through the Higgs field, it wouldn't explain the observational anomalies That conclusion seems premature to me. Not only because we lack a quantum theory of gravity but also because (classical) gravity doesn't care where your particle' mass comes from. Heck, it mostly looks at your particle's total energy (mass + kinetic energy + addition d.o.f.) to determine how spacetime should curve. Besides, as the sibling pointed out, the Higgs mechanism is only responsible for generating the mass of the W± and Z bosons. Other masses are unaccounted for and have nothing to do with the Higgs.