tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post115623164242521617..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: MOND Dead?Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-1160472310500596852006-10-10T03:25:00.000-06:002006-10-10T03:25:00.000-06:00MOND is a toy model at present and can not be cons...MOND is a toy model at present and can not be considered a theory. At present, MOND does not possess a cosmology. In that vein, it is not any alternative to the standard model or to GR. Any number of observations have led to the intuitive concept of DM and the article appears to offer a proof that the phenomena does exist. But, there is nothing in any theory or the maths that tell us what DM is or why it should exist. Even if we survive that hurdle, the standard model requires dark energy and that has to be identified. GR gives a repulsive model that acts like dark energy but that was no more than Einstein intuitively allowing a repulsive force to balance the universe into a static case. An expanding universe requires a whole lot more of the stuff. Then, MOND will continue to have legs for some time and I believe it should.<BR/><BR/>paul gibsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com