Look, I get why people want dark matter to be real. It's neat and tidy—a mathematical fix that keeps our models looking good. But let's be honest: after decades of searching, we've found exactly nothing. No particles, no direct detection, nothing. That's not a successful theory; that's a placeholder we've been clinging to out of convenience.
The problem is, dark matter was invented to explain why galaxies spin too fast. But maybe our understanding of gravity is just incomplete. We've already seen modified gravity explain galactic rotation curves without needing invisible stuff. Occam's razor says the simpler answer is usually right—and adding an entire invisible universe isn't simple.
I'm not saying dark matter is definitely wrong. I'm saying it's failed to deliver on its promises. When a theory can't produce a single testable prediction that pans out, you have to start questioning it.
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