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New Gravity Theory Dispenses with Dark Matter
Darkness Matters writes "According to New Scientist, a theory of modified gravity, which has no need of dark matter, has just explained why the Pioneer 10 probe is 400,000 miles off its expected course as it leaves the solar system. It sounds pretty convincing, although in dispensing with dark matter, they've had to utilize the theoretical particle, called a graviton, which appears from the vacuum of space wherever stars are densely packed, making gravity stronger."
"See I told you guys it wasn't flying monkeys! Turns out it's flying Unicorns!"
Behold the riant ape! Beware, his crooked thumbs!
you're telling me dark matter doesn't matter?
GRAVITRON! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitron Damn that was a horrible ride.
You know as a child I made up invisible things to blame and was told that was a bad thing to do. Only now I find out I was really a budding scientist...
Oh...graviton.
Prove it.
Its funny how easy it is to explain something when you get to come up with your own theoretical items.
Lets see...how 'bout its off course cause the Universe has shifted due to a USABLE poll on Slashdot...
Well, at least we don't have to worry about Dark Matter critters lurking in deep space.
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20040311.html
Couldn't they make up their mind?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Scientists have actually calculated that Dark Matter is, in actuality, Chuck Norris. He recently flew to the west coast, and this threw off the Pioneer 10 probe by 400,000 miles.
Scientists have also not yet revealed the real reason behind the ban on human cloning. The real reason human cloning is outlawed is because scientists fear Chuck Norris being cloned. They theorize that two simultaneous Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks could possibly destroy the universe....
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
If there's no dark matter, what's that stuff coming out of Nibbler?
Because that's the noodle-string theory.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
... and then there's the crouton, which mediates salads.
Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
From Wikipedia:
Detecting a graviton, if it exists, would prove rather problematic. Because the gravitational force is so incredibly weak, as of today, physicists are not even able to directly verify the existence of gravitational waves, as predicted by general relativity.
Yoda: Hard to see, the dark side is.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
I know what you mean: First built by the Autobots, Graviton had such desire to conquer that he defected to the Decepticons, and eventually went solo, and is currently plotting to drag stars in to power his quest for power. Will Autobots and Decepticons form a temporarily alliance to stop him in this 3 part series: The Fall of Dark Matter, and the Rise of Graviton.
God spoke to me.
Sure, they can pass through Earth, but I'll be really impressed when they can pass through New Jersey without paying a toll.
The existence of God is easily falsifiable. Just kill yourself and ask St Peter at the pearly gates yourself. If you don't want to perform this experiment then that's your problem. But it's certainly a lot easier than falsifying String Theory.
-- SIGFPE
Pffft, those crazy scientists and their insistence on silly ideas like "Dark Matter" and "Evidence".
The Evangelist crowd has had a dark-matter-free theory for gravity for years: Intelligent Falling.
Now it's just a case of getting this information into schools so that students can make an informed decision based on all the evidence.
I feel sick after saying that, I don't know how anyone could do it seriously.
Theologian, quantum physicist, there's a difference?
Absolute certainty versus absolute uncertainty?
I think we all know that Dark Matter and Gravitons are just a hoax. What really holds those galaxies together is the gravitational effects of the substance which carries IEEE 802.3 packets: the ether.
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