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Potentially either, or a combination of the two. Joel Send a noteboard - 30/04/2011 02:36:50 PM
IS it that you think the mass estimates are actually off or that they are right and we just can't see the otherwise normal matter? Because they're kinda separate for the purpose of producing supporting evidence.

What bothers me is that there seem to be several possible but largely unexplored alternatives to "well, that's dark matter irrefutably proven then". I'm reminded of that Laplace line paraphrased as extraordinary claims requiring extraordinary evidence; positing not just neutrinos but an entire new class of matter strikes me as something requiring a bit more evidence than one anomaly can provide. Particularly given many members of the group pressing that claim reject far older and less controversial claims possessing far more evidence.... :P
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Cool, and true *NM* - 28/04/2011 11:46:29 AM 487 Views
I still think dark matter's just non-luminous matter without a convenient light source to reflect. - 28/04/2011 10:34:21 PM 1098 Views
We've just about ruled out the idea that dark matter is just non-luminous "ordinary" matter. - 28/04/2011 11:44:34 PM 1035 Views
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The Pati-Salam model was the one I had in mind. - 24/05/2011 10:34:04 PM 924 Views
Re: The Pati-Salam model was the one I had in mind. - 24/05/2011 11:08:01 PM 1146 Views
Re: The Pati-Salam model was the one I had in mind. - 25/05/2011 01:27:10 AM 951 Views
Re: The Pati-Salam model was the one I had in mind. - 31/05/2011 09:16:18 AM 1020 Views
Also, re: lensing from ordinary matter: - 29/04/2011 05:18:47 AM 950 Views
This seems like another example of what confuses the issue. - 30/04/2011 05:25:04 PM 1079 Views
Re: This seems like another example of what confuses the issue. - 30/04/2011 08:56:40 PM 1048 Views
That discussion seems to reduce to "as little new and exotic physics as possible". - 02/05/2011 01:29:03 AM 1044 Views
Re: I still think... (apparently, there is a 100 character limit on subjects, and yours was 99) - 28/04/2011 11:57:15 PM 1405 Views
Seems to happen to me a lot; sorry. - 29/04/2011 12:56:14 AM 942 Views
None of this reflects on the actual facts of dark matter. - 29/04/2011 01:32:52 AM 970 Views
I concede my grasp (or grope) is a somewhat superficial laymans, yes. - 30/04/2011 04:30:28 PM 1093 Views
Re: I concede my grasp (or grope) is a somewhat superficial laymans, yes. - 30/04/2011 08:56:44 PM 909 Views
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I don't object to changing my mind, but can take more convincing than I really should. - 07/05/2011 02:05:09 AM 1178 Views
Re: I don't object to changing my mind, but can take more convincing than I really should. - 09/05/2011 11:32:17 PM 1049 Views
Might help if you clarified where your skepticism is at - 29/04/2011 02:32:07 AM 905 Views
Potentially either, or a combination of the two. - 30/04/2011 02:36:50 PM 977 Views

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