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Maybe Professor Dr. Pavel Kroupa of Bonn University is a complete
dickhead.
http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonde...ro/Crapiro.htm
Posted by
Androcles RKS:
Science is all about resolving contradictory observations.
Science is the observation, investigation and explanation of natural
phenomena, in that order. It is not the invention of dork matter
or black holes and then go looking for them.
RKS:
We share a dislike for the dark matter solution to contradictory
observations (observations that contradict theory), but this is more of
a
question of *how* we resolve the contradictory observations. Do we
retain
current theoretical underpinnings and explain new observation by
appending
ever less solid theory to explain it? Or do we have another look at
the
underlying model?
Look at the underlying model, of course. When you go down a blind alley
the solution is to back ALL the way out. If all the planets show
retrograde
motion then the Earth is not the centre of the solar system. If spacetime
is curved is it convex or concave?
http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonde...ro/Crapiro.htm
RKS:
There is a wise saying often made by traders (who don't go broke):
"When you've dug yourself into a hole, stop digging."
Doesn't appear to apply to cosmologists (no bailouts for shoddy theory)
Robert
Do you know where dork matter originated?
I do, I was watching some crazy woman on a BBC Horizon show many
years ago (forgot her name now) and she was taking a poke at galaxies,
measuring red and blue shift on opposite sides to get their rotational
velocity. If you subtract the receding side from the approaching side
then you get the receding velocity of the galaxy as a whole.
She said this was too fast, so there had to be hidden matter in the galaxy.
One nut who believes Einstein is all you need to bake an entire fruitcake.