Oh No wrote:

In contrast the evidence for Cold Dark Matter and
its behaviour is about as clear as the evidence
for Phlogiston

You know, considering that you recommend so heavily
in your disputes with Chalky and John Bell for
deference to the known experts when it comes to
standard candle quality measures, velocity error
bars, and other data, which support your analyses,
it seems a bit self serving that you can be so much
in denial on the growing evidence from rafts of
other, equally skilled experts that cold dark matter
exists, and that only a limited amount of it can be
MACHOs, evidence that seemingly confounds your
theories.

Consult Ted's just posted URL,

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0107248

for both example direct content, and a long, long
list of references on the subject.

That particular evidence, moreover, is right here at
home in the Local Group, not in galaxies far, far
away where accuracy of standard candles is
exceptionally important. Having it here, and using
the "least astonishment" that probably what we see
here is pretty typical of the universe, makes it
likely that dark matter is everywhere, not just here
where we live, and surely not of "Phlogiston
credibility".

The recent Hubble data and image from survey of the
dark matter lensing in a narrow window toward the
universe is pretty convincing on an
"authoritativeness" level as well:

http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2...mats/print.jpg
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc.../2007/01/full/

considering that even rating exceptionally scarce and
valuable Hubble time is already an indication of great
respect from other astronomers.

How about if you start letting the data play on an even
field, instead of one so severely tilted toward your
theories?

xanthian.