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JPLeRouzic06/16/20253 repliesview on HN

Please, how is the article related to MOND's theories?


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lewdwig06/16/2025

In general, they’re not. But if the only thing emergent theories predict is Newtonian dynamics and General Relativity then that’s a big problem for falsifiability. But if they modify Newtonian dynamics in some way, then do we have something to test.

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cryptonector06/16/2025

u/lewdwig's point was that if an emergent gravity theory made the sorts of predictions that MOND is meant to, then that would be a prediction that could be tested. The MOND thing is just an example of predictions that an emergent theory might make.

andrewflnr06/16/2025

They both have to do with very weak gravitational fields.