I don't think you're a cynic at all. I object to the entire "dark matter" hypothesis, because there is zero evidence for it. What we have, are observations that

I don't think you're a cynic at all. I object to the entire "dark matter" hypothesis, because there is zero evidence for it. What we have, are observations that indicate errors in our models. We need to look for those errors, not invent ever more abstruse version of "ether" to explain them away.