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by stephenwinter2 4016 days ago
Dark energy is not only a stupid term, it's a stupid topic. -- Even I can write spectacular papers on "dark energy". My main statement: -- There are two opposing assumptions concerning measured increase of distances between galaxies (redshift): a) Redshift is about velocity of masses IN space (about force, momentum, energy) or b) it is about scaling OF space itself (a factor like time is, not about force, momentum, energy). For nearly a century physicists know the latter is true, but calculate and argue with the former assumption (called 'dark energy' later on). -- Not because they are idiots but because they think people are and will not notice Einstein was wrong. -- More: http://ow.ly/MrQgy http://ow.ly/LGgJo