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Dark matter drought hits older galaxies: Boffins are, rightly, baffled

LionelB Silver badge

@Destroy All Monsters

Fascinating article, but I came away with the impression that MOND theories are at least (if not more) speculative than Dark Matter/Energy theories. Nor, judging by that article, does MOND come across as more data-driven than DM/DE. There is, of course, bound to be resistance to MOND on the grounds that it breaks General Relativity (but then again perhaps General Relativity needs to be broken).

Guess we'll have to wait and see if either approach has legs.

Also, is there really that much grant-related mileage in multiverse theories? They seem to represent, perhaps, more a philosophic than scientific standpoint. From the point of view of science they may well be, as you say, "sterile crap", in the sense that they are not "useful" - they don't seem to make verifiable predictions beyond standard quantum theory. From a philosophical viewpoint, though, they do seem to furnish infuriatingly consistent interpretations for the crazee world of quantum phenomena - where even more traditional interpretations stretch intuition beyond breaking-point.

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