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by isthatafact 844 days ago
There is no DNA for galaxies, so how could you know what the properties of a particular galaxy "should be"?

The focus on "per-galaxy parameters" is like expecting to be able to predict how tall Tom Cruise should be after reading a textbook on the theory of evolution.

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Ok so you are admitting that just as evolution is a poor model for human height, DM is a poor model for galaxy rotation curves.
Maybe my metaphor was too sloppy to illustrate the point, but I do not follow your logic here at all.