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"Double-A" wrote in message ps.com...

On Jun 17, 7:48 am, wrote:

The WMAP data is as good as it gets right now.

The universe is composed of:
4% ordinary baryonic matter
22% an unknown type of dark matter, which does not emit or absorb
light.
74% a mysterious dark energy, which acts to accelerate expansion.

4% known, and 96% unknown? Yes, that is how good as it gets for your
pathetic little brain.


The need for these unknown types of matter and energy stem from the
assumption that GR is correct and complete. Einstein tried to account
for more factors in his equation of gravity than Newton did, but that
doesn't mean that he took everything into account. Local differences
in the pressure and flow of space could explain the discrepancies
without resorting to unknown forms of matter and energy.


Bingo. Give the man a prize.

Wait til we discover c is relative, and infinite in absence of all
gravitational influence. Anyone know what that will do to age
estimates of our universe?



And what universe would you like to conceive of in which the absense of
gravitational influence exists? Not this one.