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by denton-scratch 1207 days ago
Hypothetical "dark matter" doesn't interact with ordinary matter, except gravitationally. Neutrinos do interact with ordinary matter; otherwise we wouldn't be able to build neutrino detectors. Therefore neutrinos are not an example of dark matter.
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> "dark matter" doesn't interact with ordinary matter, except gravitationally.

It's possible that this is the case, but particles that also interact with the weak force (hence WIMPs: weakly interacting massive particles) are generally considered better candidates.