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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."
Science-is-infallible types claim to know and understand the universe. For man to stand before the resplendence of creation and claim to know anything is the height of arrogance.
The truth is we know nothing, and what we do know is either incomplete or wrong.
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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.
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