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XMASS (bosonic super-WIMPs) - NOPE
DAYA BAY (sterile neutrinos) - NOPE DARKSIDE-50 (WIMPs) - NOPE HESS (WIMPs) - NOPE OSQAR (axions) - NOPE See arxiv.org for details. |
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Oldershaw" writes: XMASS (bosonic super-WIMPs) - NOPE DAYA BAY (sterile neutrinos) - NOPE DARKSIDE-50 (WIMPs) - NOPE HESS (WIMPs) - NOPE OSQAR (axions) - NOPE See arxiv.org for details. So what? Science works by testing hypotheses. If one knew for sure whether one would find something, one would not have to look. But people don't, so they look, and the results can rule out some hypotheses. At least there is indirect evidence for dark matter, which is more than some other ideas have going for them. Many hypotheses have been ruled out. That's how science progresses. If an alternative to dark matter has a testable, non-adjustable prediction confirmed, then our confidence in it will be increased, but that hasn't happened. Note also that you would have said "NOPE" to the neutrino even a couple of decades after it was postulated. |
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On 10/14/14, 1:22 AM, Robert L. Oldershaw wrote:
XMASS (bosonic super-WIMPs) - NOPE DAYA BAY (sterile neutrinos) - NOPE DARKSIDE-50 (WIMPs) - NOPE HESS (WIMPs) - NOPE OSQAR (axions) - NOPE See arxiv.org for details. I would like to see a Dark Matter hypothesis test for: presently extremely cold hydrogen Bose Einstein Condensate scaled to Big Bang soup colligative properties as hinted by Hints of Mysterious Particle Detected in 'Big Bang Soup' http://www.livescience.com/47506-hea...ons-found.html Richard D Saam |
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On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 4:56:06 AM UTC-4, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
Note also that you would have said "NOPE" to the neutrino even a couple of decades after it was postulated. That is yet another assumption passed off as absolute fact. [moderator take note] [Mod. note: reformatted. He's assuming that you say 'NOPE' when there is no direct evidence for a particle's existence. Perhaps you need to clarify if that's not the case -- mjh] |
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On Thursday, October 16, 2014 3:54:18 AM UTC-4, Robert L. Oldershaw wrote:
[Mod. note: reformatted. He's assuming that you say 'NOPE' when there is no direct evidence for a particle's existence. Perhaps you need to clarify if that's not the case -- mjh] The beta decay mystery and the neutrino candidacy for an explanation is not equivalent to the dark matter mystery and the insistence that it must be explained by a hypothetical exotic particle with adjustable properties and an apparently infinite parameter space to play hide and seek with. Note also that you are assuming you know what PH was assuming in his imaginative narrative about my hypothetical behavior in fictitious events. [Mod. note: yeah. It's OK, on this newsgroup or in life in general, to have mental models of other people -- mjh] |
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On 10/17/2014 10:56 AM, Robert L. Oldershaw wrote:
[Mod. note: yeah. It's OK, on this newsgroup or in life in general, to have mental models of other people -- mjh] "It's OK, on this newsgroup or in life in general, to have mental models of other people" Actually that's called profiling and while I agree, it should be deemed OK, part of society has decided it's not OK AND they seem to be rather vehement about it. [Mod. note: it's called theory of mind, and you really don't do very well without it. This part of the discussion is now closed as off-topic -- mjh] |
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