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Scientists rule out a popular alternative theory to dark matter
- hitpointdrew 3y ago> Astrophysicists largely agree that dark matter explains a variety of strange phenomena, Which astrophysicists? What percentage? This is vague hyperbole trying to dismiss a theory many respected astrophysicists take seriously. This reads like a scientific hit piece, and not a honest review.
- vba616 3y agoExperts say there are rare galaxies that act like they have no dark matter. I thought that was what put the end to taking MOND seriously. Isn't the whole point to explain the alleged dark matter by some uniform rules instead of local conditions? But I never understood what started the interest in it. Everything I have ever read by proponents on the internet has resembled "believing in stuff (like "luminiferous ether") you can't see is unscientific". I have never understood the feeling that dark matter is illegitimate, because there are so many invisible things that we do take for granted, like radio waves. I have written similar things before and gotten lectured by anti-dark-matter-ites on why radio waves are obviously different from dark matter, but it didn't illuminate anything.