You point out the huge assumption whenever historical facts are attempted to be gleened from current data which is called Uniformitarianism. (Uniformitarianism, is the belief in the Uniformity Principal which states: that everything observed today is uniform with the past and therefore experiments done in the present can give answer to the past.)
I believe that another fundamental assumption has been overlooked with regards to Dark Matter and that is: the Big Bang.
"Now, wait a minute!" says the crowd "we know the Big Bang occurred." That's right - of course we know the Big Bang occurred because A) we looked and discovered Universe was expanding and B) we used Uniformitarianism to roll back the clock so to speak. Unfortunately, recent observations (with newer, more accurate instruments) have replaced the old ones and they don't fit the model quite as well. The universe is expanding but differently than originally thought and - well - it seems to make it all work we would need about 70% more mass than we can currently observe. The answer? Dark Matter.
That's right, Dark Matter. We can't see or observe it, but it must be there because our (theoretical) model says so and we're quite sure that a model created by scientists couldn't be flawed or even slightly askew.
Now this is that part that amuses me. If we are honest for a moment the theory of the Big Bang exists to remove the necessity of a supreme being. All religious issues aside, something had to get this crazy top spinning (Don't forget the Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy) so either A) a God/Higher Power/Supreme Being/Q (for the Star Trek fans out there) at least got the ball rolling or B) It got rolling by itself. Enter the Big Bang: there was nothing, then there was something, and then it exploded (because the something was RREEAALLYY dense).
If you don't see the humor yet, I'll lay it out here. Scientists are currently spending time and quality research brains, not to mention Millions of dollars trying to find something that can't be seen or observed so that they can rest assurred that something that they can't see or observe doesn't exist.:D
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You point out the huge assumption whenever historical facts are attempted to be gleened from current data which is called Uniformitarianism. (Uniformitarianism, is the belief in the Uniformity Principal which states: that everything observed today is uniform with the past and therefore experiments done in the present can give answer to the past.)
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I believe that another fundamental assumption has been overlooked with regards to Dark Matter and that is: the Big Bang.
"Now, wait a minute!" says the crowd "we know the Big Bang occurred." That's right - of course we know the Big Bang occurred because A) we looked and discovered Universe was expanding and B) we used Uniformitarianism to roll back the clock so to speak. Unfortunately, recent observations (with newer, more accurate instruments) have replaced the old ones and they don't fit the model quite as well. The universe is expanding but differently than originally thought and - well - it seems to make it all work we would need about 70% more mass than we can currently observe. The answer? Dark Matter.
That's right, Dark Matter. We can't see or observe it, but it must be there because our (theoretical) model says so and we're quite sure that a model created by scientists couldn't be flawed or even slightly askew.
Now this is that part that amuses me. If we are honest for a moment the theory of the Big Bang exists to remove the necessity of a supreme being. All religious issues aside, something had to get this crazy top spinning (Don't forget the Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy) so either A) a God/Higher Power/Supreme Being/Q (for the Star Trek fans out there) at least got the ball rolling or B) It got rolling by itself. Enter the Big Bang: there was nothing, then there was something, and then it exploded (because the something was RREEAALLYY dense).
If you don't see the humor yet, I'll lay it out here. Scientists are currently spending time and quality research brains, not to mention Millions of dollars trying to find something that can't be seen or observed so that they can rest assurred that something that they can't see or observe doesn't exist.