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mk  ·  4383 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dark Matter Mystery May Soon Be Solved.

I've never been a fan. I think it more likely that we have gravitation wrong. One possibility is that G has changed over time. Also, I've long wondered what effect instantaneous gravity would have on our model of the universe. Gravitational waves have yet to be directly detected.

EDIT: This just in.





ooli  ·  4383 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not alone! Without any physic culture I hate the dark matter/energy idea. Supposing a new type of matter seems the worst complicate explanation one can come with. I'm more incline to believe in the MOND: Modified Newtonian Dynamics ( http://www.astro.umd.edu/~ssm/mond/index.html ) I mean it's more easy to believe gravity change when on very large scale than an invisible new matter explain everything.

mk  ·  4383 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Preach it.

I've never understood why apparent inconsistencies between gravitation and observation should be such a strong foundation for an extremely exotic form of matter.

I'm partial to gravity acting instantaneously, as if the entire universe is a quantum condensate. It's probably not the case, but it makes a lot more sense to me.