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		excalibur on Aug 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The possibilities for dark matter have shrunk I think it's been fairly obvious for a long time that dark matter and dark energy are fairy tales invented to make our flawed theories fit the data.

AlbertCory on Aug 27, 2024 [–]

I'd just quibble with the phrase "fairy tales."

"Some kind of particle" is a placeholder. They are trying to figure it out, and questioning "our flawed theories" seems to be acceptable, AFAICT.

(I think "dark energy" IS more of a fairy tale, but maybe that's just me)

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