Easy. If earth did not have an anti moon made from dark matter, the unilateral pull of the rotating moon would let the earth-moon system go out of whack and spiral out of solar orbit. The invisible dark matter moon is pulling up the water on the other side.https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/1195652608653975552 …
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Btw, it is not hard to explain in 280 chars: Tides are not caused by the pull on the water alone, but by the difference of the pull on water and earth. That difference is largest on a circle perpendicular to the earth moon line, squeezing the water towards the earth moon line.
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Replying to @Plinz
This answer is ... wrong. The moon pulls the same on water and earth (differences are really! neglectable). The answer is indeed more complicated.
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Ok Dawnkins, Josha, Steini in one direct (time)line. Twitter apparently is overcopmpensating today
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Yes but it is only about tides. We need to do better next time
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Easy. Steini could start to ask if observing the tides (or even effects of them) makes the moon being there, and you could raise by if this is universial for every mind around. The last part btw. is a valid question of mine in the realms of your models
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It is known as the selfish tide theory
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