[HN Gopher] Researchers are hoping to "hear" dark matter using a...
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       Researchers are hoping to "hear" dark matter using a super-cooled
       experiment
        
       Author : ourmandave
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2021-12-12 13:00 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | historynops wrote:
       | We've been trying to detect dark matter for so long now I wonder
       | if we're just thinking about it in the wrong way.
        
         | moffkalast wrote:
         | Yeah check out MOND and RelMOND. There have been some
         | breakthroughs on the front of revising the actual theories that
         | seem promising. The grand consensus is that it's unlikely but
         | I've always thought it's less likely that some made up matter
         | that we can't detect in any way makes up 95% of the universe.
         | When it comes to dark matter/energy it seems like everyone's
         | thrown Occam's razor out of the window.
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         | Only time and observed events will tell which one fits more
         | though. You either have a simple theory that doesn't check out
         | for all cases and makes up invisible things to fit or one that
         | does work but is probably overfit on current data.
        
       | valbaca wrote:
       | Obligatory, "I am Machine" speech from Battlestar Galactica:
       | https://youtu.be/mPnx3zO3SDc?t=72
        
         | NikolaeVarius wrote:
         | Oh wow, he just died on November 7, 2021.
         | 
         | RIP. Fantastic performance
        
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