Why This Universe?
Why This Universe?
Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman
69 - An Update on Modified Gravity (MOND)
47 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2023 at 7:00 pm.
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While physicists overwhelmingly agree about the existence of dark matter, a select group of people aren't convinced. Instead, they believe we must be wrong about gravity, and claim we need a theory of modified gravity (MOND) instead. Recent press releases have claimed "smoking gun" evidence for this underdog theory, should we take them seriously?

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