I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.pic.twitter.com/aceoeDRRQT
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The standard model of cosmology is a great example. No one has found any proof that dark matter or dark energy exist, yet the theory isn't abandoned but adjusted to fit experiment. I'm not sure if it is any more than curve fitting the data...
Not an astronomer obviously but I'd say there's plenty of evidence for the *existence* of dark matter. It's the theories regarding most of it's other properties that currently lack supporting data. Also, in physics there are no "proofs". Just extremely high confidence.
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Well there isn't even evidence, I'd gladly settle for that. At higher and higher energies, it becomes less and less likely that the theory is right
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What? There is plenty of observational evidence for dark matter. (And plenty that dismiss alternative explanations such as modified gravity.) However, re the OP I completely fail to see how that's a non-scientific problem. I'd say it's a very scientific one.
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I don't really like disagreeing with someone I highly respect, but can you quote anything other than evidence that the universe is expanding to support your position? David
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Expansion would be dark energy, not dark matter.
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