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Re: There's such a thing as knowing when you're licked, and I believe I am. Dreaded Anomaly Send a noteboard - 24/05/2011 09:32:27 PM
I think it's more that I'm looking at the quantitative track record of scientific theory in general rather than the data on dark matter specifically, and I see how that's probably a mistake. Ultimately any theory has to stand on its the merits of observation supporting it rather than be tested against the collective success of past theories. Not only is its validity independent of theirs, but since much of the exercise is reducing areas of known inaccuracy, it's easy to cite a mountain of disproven and/or modified theories that don't prove much except the limitations of mans intellect and knowledge, which is a motive rather than deterrent to further research. Most people aren't researching proton decay because it's increasingly untenable--but research continues regardless, which isn't a bad thing in itself, so long as it does become an END in itself, in defiance of evidence. Other than a GUT as old as I am, what GUTs DON'T require proton decay?


One of the oldest GUT proposals, the Pati-Salam model, does not require proton decay. It's also very likely that there are GUT models without proton decay that no one has yet conceived or developed.
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Exciting video about the universe - 28/04/2011 10:14:55 AM 1411 Views
Cool, and true *NM* - 28/04/2011 11:46:29 AM 493 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 1120 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 1064 Views
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Re: There's such a thing as knowing when you're licked, and I believe I am. - 24/05/2011 09:32:27 PM 995 Views
The Pati-Salam model was the one I had in mind. - 24/05/2011 10:34:04 PM 941 Views
Re: The Pati-Salam model was the one I had in mind. - 24/05/2011 11:08:01 PM 1164 Views
Re: The Pati-Salam model was the one I had in mind. - 25/05/2011 01:27:10 AM 968 Views
Re: The Pati-Salam model was the one I had in mind. - 31/05/2011 09:16:18 AM 1047 Views
Also, re: lensing from ordinary matter: - 29/04/2011 05:18:47 AM 979 Views
This seems like another example of what confuses the issue. - 30/04/2011 05:25:04 PM 1099 Views
Re: This seems like another example of what confuses the issue. - 30/04/2011 08:56:40 PM 1062 Views
That discussion seems to reduce to "as little new and exotic physics as possible". - 02/05/2011 01:29:03 AM 1065 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 1434 Views
Seems to happen to me a lot; sorry. - 29/04/2011 12:56:14 AM 968 Views
None of this reflects on the actual facts of dark matter. - 29/04/2011 01:32:52 AM 993 Views
I concede my grasp (or grope) is a somewhat superficial laymans, yes. - 30/04/2011 04:30:28 PM 1110 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 1204 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 1069 Views

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