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Old 09-16-2016, 09:07 PM
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That is what a hypothesis IS: something made up to fit the observations.
No, what is happening here is observations, dark matter/energy, are made up to fit the hypothesis.
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Old 09-16-2016, 09:22 PM
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I'm 100% certain you don't know what you're talking about, as usual.

Effects of both dark matter and dark energy were observed and then the hypothesis changed to fit the observations.
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That is what a hypothesis IS: something made up to fit the observations.
No, what is happening here is observations, dark matter/energy, are made up to fit the hypothesis.
:lol: Nope. No-one is claiming to have observed dark matter. We have observed the effects of something that we have tentatively hypothesized to be a type of matter that does not interact with electro-magnetic radiation.

Is this an example of a well-read person such as yourself pretty much knowing everything required to form a well-informed opinion?
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Is this an example of a well-read person such as yourself
He has read both Mickey Mouse AND Ayn Rand! What more do you wnat???
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