From: mushroom@mofet.macam98.ac.il
Date: Mon May 18 1998 - 18:17:05 MDT
> <<Consider Dark Matter. It is fairly
> reasonable to consider Dark Matter
> as a concept thought of only to resolve
> certain conflicts between old
> theories and recent calculations. As a
> matter of fact, there is no
> justification nor evidence of the
> existence of such a thing, apart
> from the fact that it allows existing
> scientific theories to stand. I
> wonder, isn't it more 'truthful', at
> least on the level of
> intellectual integrity, to cancel the
> old theories once they have
> been rebutted rather than inventing a
> new factor that makes them
> legitimate? I mean, this kind of
> behavior is practically religious.
> Does that mean you don't believe
> evidence exists to indicate the presence
> of Dark Matter?
Do you know of any that could not be said to have been invented
solely to the end of resolving the conflicts afore-mentioned?
Strawjack
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