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Dark matter seems like a cheat code to make our study of the Universe work

Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:40 am
Posted by weagle99
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:40 am
Or perhaps I need to study it more.

‘Our calculations only work if we assume that this phantom material is somewhere out there balancing things out’
Posted by AcetylCoA
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:42 am to
You’ve been watching too much Lex Friedman.
Posted by Kcrad
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:43 am to
Dark energy is the wildcard.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:44 am to
I thought this was an uknownknight thread.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:44 am to
The math all works when you add dark matter.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:44 am to
Neutrinos.
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:46 am to
Anti-matter and gluons definitely play a role.
Posted by hg
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:49 am to
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Posted by squid_hunt
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 11:51 am to
One thing physics has demonstrated over and over is that the math always adds up when you're right. We don't know how to define dark matter and our equations might not even be balanced, but there's something else out there that is missing and that is represented by dark matter and dark energy.
Posted by jcaz
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:06 pm to
Dark matter is simply consumed matter from black holes that now exists in a parallel dimension. We still feel the effects of it but it doesn’t exist in our realm to see.

And yes these edibles are great
Posted by TigerFanatic99
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:02 pm to
quote:

‘Our calculations only work if we assume that this phantom material is somewhere out there balancing things out


Wouldn't that make one question the accuracy of their calculations if they only work if you add what is essentially fairy dust?
Posted by James11111
Walnut Creek, Ca
Member since Jul 2020
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:06 pm to
Since dark matter is actually gods blessings, it should be called light matter.
Posted by Gaggle
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:20 pm to
We call it Matter of Color now
Posted by High C
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:26 pm to
I saw four quarks just yesterday.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

Dark matter is simply consumed matter from black holes that now exists in a parallel dimension


Matter consumed by black holes doesn't go anywhere. We can calculate the mass of a black hole, which is the total of all matter its consumed.
Posted by Bbobalou
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:32 pm to
From another site.

Dark Matter Planets, stars, galaxies and everything we can see make up less than 5 percent of the total universe. Scientists think 26.8 percent is a substance they call "dark matter." This matter doesn't interact with light or visible matter, but everything moves to its gravitational tune. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), "although thought to be invisible, neither emitting nor absorbing light, dark matter can be detected through its gravitational influence on the movements and appearance of other objects in the Universe, such as stars or galaxies."

Dark Energy So, what about the other 68 percent of the universe? Cosmologists think it's "dark energy."

If dark matter seems to join galaxies together, dark energy wants to push everything apart. However, no one is quite sure what dark matter or energy are comprised of.

According to the American space agency, "we know how much dark energy there is because we know how it affects the universe's expansion. Other than that, it is a complete mystery. But it is an important mystery."

Posted by drexyl
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:33 pm to
Its all dark matter these days!
Posted by IceTiger
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:36 pm to
quote:

Dark matter seems like a cheat code


Well, being in a Dark Forest must be hard mode.
This post was edited on 12/5/21 at 1:37 pm
Posted by Bbobalou
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 1:39 pm to
What I also find strange is

Quantum Entanglement Albert Einstein once called quantum entanglement, "spooky action at distance."

It is the phenomenon by which two particles in totally different parts of the universe can be linked to one another, reproducing the behavior of their partner.

For particles to be connected across such distances, they must be sending signals that move faster than the speed of light—something the known rules of physics judges impossible.

Objects are only supposed to be affected by their surroundings, so the notion of a particle being affected by something on the other side of the universe is baffling.

That's above my pay grade.
Posted by Ross
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 2:01 pm to
People have tried to make general relativity work with observations about how gravity isn’t strong enough to explain how galaxies don’t sling themselves apart without using dark matter and so far the results have violated one or more fundamental axioms or have failed against other observations.
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