Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoWhat possible, fundamental, misunderstanding of the nature of the universe could make current academics look like flat earthers?message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down17
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhat possible, fundamental, misunderstanding of the nature of the universe could make current academics look like flat earthers?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squareHammocks4All@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI once heard that dark matter is just the consequence of using approximations and then having equations not balance out further down the line. So we inject dark matter in there so that the math maths all right.
minus-squareSemperverus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThats literally how it started, yes. Then scientists realized that their math hack might actually hold some weight.
I once heard that dark matter is just the consequence of using approximations and then having equations not balance out further down the line. So we inject dark matter in there so that the math maths all right.
Thats literally how it started, yes.
Then scientists realized that their math hack might actually hold some weight.