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Physicists Postulate Existance of New Particle

Posted by michael on from the acceleron-sounds-like-a-new-intel-cpu dept.

corngrower writes "University of Washington physicists postulate the existence of a new particle called the acceleron which links dark energy with the neutrino. The theory offers an explanation for the recent discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe."

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  1. Re:What? by black+mariah · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Is it just me, or are scientists trying to make science fit the theory?
    It's just you. Scientists come up with a theory, then try to find out whether it is true or not. What you're describing is best referred to as pseudoscience, willfully bending facts and evidence to support one's own version of the truth. This is not real science. This is not trying to come up with an explanation to a problem. This is the equivalent of a conspiracy theorist being presented with papers that refute one of his theories, then writing those papers off as PART OF the conspiracy. It's idiocy at its finest.
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