alt Hacker NewsI was downvoted for saying that our cosmological model might be wrong because "dark matter" sounds like a crutch.
Now JWST has collected enough evidence that it might, in fact, be wrong.
I was downvoted for saying that our cosmological model might be wrong because "dark matter" sounds like a crutch.
Now JWST has collected enough evidence that it might, in fact, be wrong.
Dark matter absolutely is a crutch.
It's "dark" in the sense that the (fabled) Dark Ages were dark. They didn't have more cloud cover then. And dark matter is 'dark' as in 'inobservable, except by gravitational attraction'. So we admit it might not even be "matter" by any definition we have; it's just what we're calling this invisible, untouchable, silent elephant in the room. That is very heavy. And might not be an elephant.
Honestly, "invisible matter" might have been a better term, but that too would have been misinterpreted.