Is Dark Matter a Glimpse of a Deeper Level of Reality?

Scientific American ^ | 6/11/12 | George Musser

[OldNavyVet]

What other thing that we thought we knew for sure is wrong?

Well, since the world ain't flat, there's probably a whole lot more to be discovered.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I have learned a few years ago that one scientists admits you need to have faith that it exists even though they have no evidence it does.

For my money, Dark Matter is a label for a mathematical construct that theoretical physicists must use to make all their other equations work out. That way they do not have to admit they are wrong about anything.

"Well, it's the Dark Matter you see. We have no evidence it exists but we know it's there. Our equations say so."

[muir_redwoods]

At a time when “queer” still meant strange, JBS Haldane In the 1920’s observed,

“I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”

[OneVike]

"Well, it's the Dark Matter you see. We have no evidence it exists but we know it's there. Our equations say so."

You are right, they cannot admit He exists, so they make up reasons to explain that which they cannot understand.

Remember, many of these individuals have been educated beyond their intelligence.

[Little Ray]

Nice. I wish I understood what he was trying to say better. How it be tested? Better yet, how can it be exploited?

[LibWhacker]

me not understand

Mean Tonto not need peyote see Happy Hunting Grounds. ;-)

[GreenOgre]

Does this mean that Dark Energy is comprised of 800 lb Ninja Gorillas

[Errant]

Problem is, to push it depends on some sort of as-yet undetected “ether”.

I don't know.

It seems electromagnet force does, but not gravity, for its effect is not affected by the accumulation of itself... :)

[The Cajun]

Our space/time reality floating around on and the results of a more basic reality with not necessarily the same laws of physics..........I could go for that.

[BrandtMichaels]

Ping for later...

[BipolarBob]

Hopefully it wasn’t the cat you found in the box behind Schrodinger’s house.

No, but it was a dead ringer.

[newheart]

Scientists say dark matter is the cosmic glue that holds things together, well that is a secularists way of describing christ, they are just too ignorant to accept the truth.

I completely agree that it is Christ who holds all things together as the author of Hebrews clearly points out. I do NOT agree that dark matter = Christ. That would, in my opinion, confuse the identity of the Lord of the universe with part of the created universe. A position that is, shall we say, strongly advised agains in Romans 1:25. It opens the door to pantheism.

[ctdonath2]

MOND manages to account for a wide range of anomalous galactic motions with one simple formula.

Worth repeating.

If it is simple, and there are no demonstrable counterexamples, then we may presume it is correct.

[Retired Greyhound]

That’s deep, man

[762X51]

Some of what we know is mind boggling. What we don’t know is incomprehensible.

[UCANSEE2]

Christ is who keeps us all from becoming cosmic dust. Without Christ to hold us together, we would be gone. He is the same thing they call dark matter.

The law of attraction. The force that causes cells to unite for the common good. The force that causes floating particulates in a confined liquid weightless environment to form clumps (this was a discovery by a scientist aboard the space station, who merely was curious about what would happen if...?).

The force of gravity is the force of attraction.

Love creates attraction. God is LOVE. Jesus was conveying the word 'love' and the principals of it's workings, to man.

Regardless to how we 'imagine' it, or express it, we know about as much about love as we do about gravity.

One day, we will probably wonder why robots, left in the dark, huddle together.

[wxgesr]

I firmly believe that when my soul is released from this earth that God will make all things known. While I may have the potential for massive amounts of knowledge, my psyche cannot handle it. I would go crazy if God allowed me to know everthing that is knowable in the universe. Some insanity is just a glimpse to what can be known after I pass on. Sometimes you just have to step back from the edge.

[cuban leaf]

—They why are gravity wells like dimples in the fabric of space time? Or maybe they aren’t?—

I’m no expert on the subject but there is actully a lot of interesting information on the web. Here is one: http://www.amazon.com/Pushing-Gravity-Perspectives-Theory-Gravitation/dp/0968368972

[baddog 219]

Dark matter.... matter with no photons?

[cuban leaf]

—We’re not even close to understanding the nature of our existence. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.—

At least we’ve discovered that the more we know, the more we know we don’t know. Evolution was so simple and made a lot of sense in some ways. Then we discovered DNA. Then we discovered how it works. Then we discovered ways in which parts can be used differently by some cells than in others.

Suddenly the simplest cell seems complex beyond human understanding - still.