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Journal by Gaaark

More evidence that dark matter DOESN'T BLOODY EXIST, and they should look behind the curtain!

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-dark-evidence-axions.html

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @12:04PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @12:04PM (#821744)

    Look, dark matter is to (astro) physicists what a god is to those who are religious. It cannot be seen yet it affects everything in a profound and overwhelming way.

    Do not be fooled by dark matter any more than you wish to be fooled by <insert your deity of choice here>.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday March 30 2019, @12:00PM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Saturday March 30 2019, @12:00PM (#822304) Homepage
    The effects of something that is describable as "dark matter" absolutely *have* been seen in every possible sense of "seen" that you might be using. Learn some physics, and some metaphysics.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @12:04PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @12:04PM (#822306)
    How many protons and electrons have you "seen"?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @08:08PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @08:08PM (#822462)

      Depends on what type of acid I'm on.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 30 2019, @12:05PM (4 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 30 2019, @12:05PM (#822308) Journal

    Look, dark matter is to (astro) physicists what a god is to those who are religious.

    If that were really so, then religion wouldn't be a big deal. One doesn't make fancy buildings and gather once a week in them just to make sure dark matter is happy. It's be more like "I don't know why my car goes. Must be God. Hmmm, I wonder if I can go faster, if I put more God in it?"

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday March 30 2019, @01:16PM (3 children)

      by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 30 2019, @01:16PM (#822327) Journal

      God exist for the scared: they attend church because they want something from God or they fear God will do something to them if they don't.

      The unknown frightens them and God is the hedge in their bet.

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      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday March 31 2019, @04:06AM (2 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 31 2019, @04:06AM (#822626) Journal

        God exist for the scared: they attend church because they want something from God or they fear God will do something to them if they don't.

        Doesn't sound even remotely how dark matter is treated which is my point. If we were treating God like we were treating dark matter, then someone would be figuring out how to get more God into the combustion chamber for better performance.

        • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday March 31 2019, @07:45PM (1 child)

          by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 31 2019, @07:45PM (#822804) Journal

          Ah...my bad.

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          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday March 31 2019, @07:54PM

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 31 2019, @07:54PM (#822807) Journal

            Ah...my bad.

            I think the better example is epicycles. It's adjustments of theories that we know should have a better explanation.