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Does dark matter matter?

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Posted - April 13, 2017

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  • 5354
    Well one of the 'indicators' for dark matter is that the universe is expanding. Apparently without dark matter it would not. So if you like a dark nightsky with pinpricks og starlight then you should thank the dark matter for that. without it the universe would not be expanding and maybe even shrinking. We would have a night sky full of so many stars it made the night bright as day ;-))
      April 13, 2017 1:35 PM MDT
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  • 46117
      April 13, 2017 1:38 PM MDT
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  • Hi Element 99,
    I am kinda watching your posts on that, remembering your interest..

    Dark matter is supposedly the 24% (or so, I think?) scaffolding on which all the visible/detectible matter is strung...then isn't dark energy something like 72%...and finally, what we are familiar with is the 4% universe?

    I'm just using the concept of "dark matter" until a better understanding comes along, and looking forward to more of your own ideas on that!
      April 13, 2017 2:02 PM MDT
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  • I yam confused. This is above my pay grade.
      April 13, 2017 3:33 PM MDT
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  • Dozy I will tell you this is fascinating...dark matter is one of the concepts of special interest to me because of the correlation with the nature of consciousness. 
    Here is one of my favourite quotes of all time, Sir James Jeans (1877-1946), one of the founders of British cosmology, made important contributions to quantum theory, professor at both Princeton and Cambridge Universities. Philosophically he was an agnostic Freemason.
    I like him because he was willing to go wherever his findings led, even when unexpected and not all that comfortable.

    "The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the Universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental intruder into the realm of matter... we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter."

      April 13, 2017 6:10 PM MDT
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  • Fabulous quote. I'd heard it before, long ago, but had forgotten it. 
      April 13, 2017 6:51 PM MDT
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  • Of course dark matter matters. We shouldn't make light of it. 
      April 13, 2017 3:32 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    LOL;)) I was about to write that...our  brains match at times;))
      April 13, 2017 3:38 PM MDT
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  • More often than you might think, Veena. I share quite a few of your ideas. 
      April 13, 2017 4:41 PM MDT
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  • I like both of you, and how you think too...Veena.K and Didge.
      April 13, 2017 6:11 PM MDT
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  • We are the three Mugateers. Who shall be d'Artagnan, Virginia? 
      April 13, 2017 6:49 PM MDT
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  • Oh that will be fun, Dozy? Are you up for all this, Veena.K?
      April 13, 2017 7:58 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Oh yes of course, on Answer bag, me,Waboo and Marky considered ourselves the three musketeers we would create a riot there, it was fun...good old times...I miss them greatly;))
      April 14, 2017 6:50 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    And that really boosts my spirits I always look up to you Didge!
      April 14, 2017 6:48 PM MDT
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  • Dozy you DO have a way of getting to the heart of the matter...
      April 13, 2017 4:36 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Everything that matters, matters to me, be it dark, be it bright;))
      April 13, 2017 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    Dark matter is just an excuse to cover what mankind cannot answer about the universe. 
      April 13, 2017 3:37 PM MDT
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  • Yes, I think that is true..."mashed potatoes" would be just as good an explanation...well almost anyway
      April 13, 2017 4:37 PM MDT
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  • I'm gonna go very light on my mashed potatoes in future. :(
      April 13, 2017 4:42 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    A cynic...just like me. Must be where we live.
      April 14, 2017 8:33 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    I wish yew wouldn't make Light of such things Sunshine...hehe
      April 13, 2017 4:43 PM MDT
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  • It matters to cosmologists and astronomers who ponder and study such concepts, but to the majority of sentient beings, dark matter is not among the list of significant concerns. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 13, 2017 7:59 PM MDT
      April 13, 2017 6:48 PM MDT
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