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by T0T0R0 3586 days ago
Just going to point out that science is filled with garbage theories, and "Dark Matter" certainly feels like one of them.

Why not just go back to calling it The Æther? Or mayhap a form of non-luminiferous aether, if I may be so bold?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether_theories

  a space-filling substance or field, thought 
  to be necessary as a transmission medium for 
  the propagation of [...] gravitational forces.
You say tomato, I say Tomato. Aether. Why not?
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Because that would be the kind of 'garbage theory' that would make you look incompetent rather than clever.
If there's one thing I've learned from the internet, it's that people sure prize the appearance of being clever.