Re: Dark matter/energy - is it real?

: "Shawn Wilson" <Ikonoqlast@xxxxxxx>
: Well, no. Dark matter fails because it makes a prediction that hasn't
: panned out- no one can show an iota of this stuff that supposed makes up 6x
: the mass of ordinary matter.

Since it is postulated that it interacts normal matter only weakly,
pointing out that it doesnt' interact with normal matter (ie, show
an iota of this stuff) is not a "prediction that hasn't panned out".
Same as with neutrinos; they don't leave cloud tracks, or hit other
particles, because they interact with the particles we see only weakly,
so the fact they weren't visible wasn't a "prediction that didn't pan out"
for them, either.


Wayne Throop throopw@xxxxxxxxx http://sheol.org/throopw
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