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[–] meanmon13 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

I'm pretty sure that dark matter/energy is just this generation's aether.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (7 children)

"dark" in scientific terms just means unexplained. We're very, very, very, and I cannot stress this enough... VERY sure that dark matter and dark energy exist, but they will remain "dark" until we discover what they are/what's causing the effects that we see. Aether was just unfounded non-sense that was based on practically nothing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aethyr was a reasonable insistence that light can't be half as fucky as we now know it is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Light is pretty fucky. Like taking the shortest route to it's target through TIME! What the fuck light?!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Not necessarily forward, maybe.

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