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Why would a disappointingly simple explanation be a hint that there are gaps in our models? Or am I parsing that part wrong? I disagree that it's really that s
by snarkconjecture 3y ago
Why would a disappointingly simple explanation be a hint that there are gaps in our models? Or am I parsing that part wrong?
I disagree that it's really that simple an explanation, though. Our best theoretical prediction for dark energy is that it should be denser by dozens of orders of magnitude. It's not remotely clear why the actual value seems to be so small, especially since it's not exactly zero.
- layer8 3y agoI see no good reason why this was downvoted.
- naasking 3y ago> It's not remotely clear why the actual value seems to be so small, especially since it's not exactly zero. It is very clear actually: one or both of the models producing the conflicting result are wrong. Smart money's on both, because we have good other reasons to think each of them is wrong.