• erin@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    That seems a bit silly considering how much evidence we have for it. That’s an awful lot of work to throw away for no great reason.

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        4 months ago

        It’s not my job to educate you on what could be a brief Google search. Stop being such a cynic. The gravitational lens distortion of distant galaxies is basically impossible without dark matter. Not to parrot the mantra of conspiracy theorists and cultists, but do your own research.

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          4 months ago

          The gravitational lens distortion of distant galaxies is basically impossible without dark matter.

          … using our current model of the Universe.

          Dark matter, and dark energy in particular, were introduced to make existing models fit the data.

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            4 months ago

            And we will keep using it until we have a better model

            Which we don’t, for that matter

            You’re speaking as if scientists aren’t constantly trying to create new, better models that fit the data better.