Post by Mike SpencerSupport for your opinion on dark energy
Hi Mike,
Happy New Year to you as well.
I haven't been checking here daily and missed the post you
directed to me. I don't have the mathematical or "abstract concept"
sort of brain that people like you and James have. While DE (and
DM) allow equations to balance and could support current
observations, I always considered both placeholders for "something
we can't detect and might not be there." The "might not be there"
part was troublesome, and I used luminiferous aether as my example.
The article in that list says "Dark energy cannot be seen
directly and has never been proven. But scientists have suggested
that it must exist because of the effect is seemingly exerts on the
universe and as it is needed to help resolve some fundamental
problems in our understanding of the cosmos. Now, however,
researchers from the University of Canterbury say that the universe
is not actually expanding equally in all directions. Instead, it is
growing in a lumpier way in more varied directions."
This (something we haven't observed yet or an accepted but
incorrect belief) is far more likely to explain things than made-up
fudge factors. DE and DM might exist, but at least I'm not alone
in thinking they are both wishful thinking.
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HRM Resident