On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:40:55AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >It turns out that when you add the mass of the matter in the universe ... > > It is my understanding that physicists don't know how much matter is in > the universe. They don't see enough to account for what's needed in > their cosmological theories, and therefore they throw in some magic > fairy dust called "dark matter". The reason they call it "dark" is > because they can't see it, but it _must_ be there in order for their > theories to work. > > Note that I'm not saying dark matter does not exist; I'm merely saying > that they really don't know how much matter is in the universe.
My info was from before all the dark matter theorizing, without magic fairy dust. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]