[andrewflnr]

Yes, and I think that video is stupid. She doesn't use the term that way in her own talk, and neither does any scientist I've ever heard. I think she's trying to make some abstract point about science in general and muddying the water in the process. Her takes on terminology are often bad IMO.

That doesn't take away the fact that when you work with the slightly more specific theory of "particle dark matter" it produces real results. And I believe there's a lot more work over the years in similar areas. It doesn't get talked about because it's not sexy, so people who only follow cosmology when there's drama don't hear about it. That was just the example at the top of my mind because I'd seen it recently, and the result is really quite spectacular. Did you watch it through?