Re:Researcher proposes model replacing dark energy/matter to...
by JackSlateur on Friday April 18, 2025 @07:05AM
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Ha, my bad
When you write "this is the [..] most common objection laypeople have", I understood "In contrast with the experts who know better"
Of course, if as you say, everybody knows that this is a wrong, specifying "laypeople" seems unnecessary
Re:Researcher proposes model replacing dark energy/matter to...
by mr_mitm on Friday April 18, 2025 @07:27AM
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You seem to have a concept that a scientific model is either "true" or "wrong", but that's not case. All models are wrong, but some are more useful than others. It's better to judge models by their ability to describe reality, and that is not a binary property, but a continuous one.
Re:Researcher proposes model replacing dark energy/matter to...
by FredPret on Sunday April 20, 2025 @06:14PM
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What if we one day come up with a Theory of Everything that mathematically explains it all?
That model would be “true” no? Assuming of course that it’s possible to come up with a list of observations that covers “it all” and we won’t one day see something weird and new that contradicts our theory.
Everybody also acknowledges that there are issue with DM, it's just that every other known model has bigger issues.