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The fundamental assumptions are that gravity does not vary (i.e. we understand it completely, completely false). The speed of light does not vary (again disproven in lab experiments on earth), spacetime variations do not affect observations or exist to any great degree outside our speck of space, and we are able to detect all relevant matter to support theoretical modifications due to observations. Dark matter has always seemed like one of the biggest scientific cop outs. It's one thing to say we don't know and develop theories. It's another thing entirely to ‘invent’ upwards by some estimations 90 percent of the Universe out of nothing.

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I grok that.

• Physicists Find Tiny Particle With No Charge, Very Low Mass And Sub-nanosecond Lifetime
• No sign of the Higgs boson
• Single top quark detected
• A lighter Higgs makes particle hunt harder

higgs boson site:freerepublic.com

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