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Letter: Put more effort into non-dark matter avenues

Published 9 October 2024

From Rudi Van Nieuwenhove, Dessel, Belgium

I’ve followed the seemingly never-ending search for dark matter. Occam’s razor says that if you have two competing ideas to explain a phenomenon, opt for the simpler one. In this case, the simpler option is that there is no dark matter and the laws of gravity need to be modified. I have made this case in several journal articles (31 August, p 10).

Please keep an open mind on this and avoid typical statements on dark matter that “we know that x per cent of the universe” is made up of it, because we don’t truly know this. It would be wise to put as much effort into exploring alternative theories of gravity as into searches for dark matter.

Issue no. 3512 published 12 October 2024

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