Dark Matter Exists

olclops writes "It's a big day for astrophysics. After much speculation, scientists now have conclusive proof of dark matter. This result doesn't rule out alternate gravity theories like MOND, but it does mean those theories will have to account for exotic forms of dark matter."

Comments

Re:So funny

[cubicledrone]

We know nothing,

Correct.

on a computer, connected to the Internet, powered by a physical plant hundreds or thousands of miles away

Oh yeah. Computers. The pinnacle of human knowledge. Right before the cursor freezes.

We know a thing or two, but we can't feed everyone. We have satellites orbiting the Earth while people live on sidewalks.

We know nothing.

Re:Full Paper

[The Great Pretender]

My example was tounge in cheek. But to be blunt your statement of "thus proves that the majority of the matter in the system is unseen" is still unvalid. You even respond and use the get-out-of-jail-free caveats that we all use in papers "assume" and "reasonable" (I'm suprised "speculate" didn't turn up in there) in your purported THEORY "We assume there are no other factors, because those two cover the reasonable possibilities." I have no problem with a statement that you believe that you have debunked MOND and other existing theories, but what you are essentially saying is that you have proven (which means beyond doubt - this is a science not a legal arena) that dark matter exists. I don't see that, I see that you may have reinforced Dark Matter THEORY. What saddens me here is that a blant statement of proof, based on your argument, is very undergraduate in nature and your research needs to be respected better than that. Additionally, the rigidness in the researchers mind that only the theories of A and B can be true makes my skin crawl. You have made the cardinal sin of assuming we can currently explain/understand/know everything.