| Kasz216 said: That therin lies the problem. You need an alternate theory. People would call you insane if like Einstein you claimed... "our current core base is flawed." It's not a matter of an alternative to Dark Energy it's an alternative to EVERYTHING since Dark Energy is just something made up to prop up the current system. Like Aether.
Also once again. Find once scientist who disagrees with Dark Energy. You can't find one. Nobody just saying "Hey maybe general relativity is just wrong." The evidence out there seems to already suggest that Dark Energy doesn't exist yet nobody wants to look at it. |
Not all scientific models are born equal.
A new model must explain observed phenomena, of course. To be useful it must also be predictive of phenomena that can still be unattainable by current technlogy but are likely to be accessible in the future, or it must simplify/revolutionize the way we look at things enough to likely open the way to great progress in the theoretical field, that will in turn lead to verifiable results.
Some theories, like the standard model or more in general quantum mechanics, have been proved great at explaining observational data (electrodynamics allowed us to calculate some natural constants that resulted in accordance with observed data within a 10^-12 margin). Those are useful, predictive theories that are verified thousands of times a day in their predictive power. They are also complicated, full of apparently arbitrary parameters and widely considered "ugly".
Others are "working theories" or tentative ones that are useful as an intermediate step, as they explain some known phenomena but are still largely not predictive and not verified. Dark matter and dark energy, together with most cosmological large scale details are such theories, and no scientist will tell you they are on the same plane of quantum mechanics or thermodynamics.
Others have not been as useful or predictive but are attractive because they seem to open inways into deeper understanding on the underlying structures. Supersimmetry and the many string theories come to mind.
A few blessed theories are attractive, useful, and verified to this point in time (newtonian physics in its own range, relativity, thermodynamics) and those are the golden standard when it comes to scientific models.
Bottom line? Intermediate theories such as dark energy are a useful tool that can be used to further advance knowledge. Assuming an hypothesis is true is only part of a work method that also requires experiments to be conducted to try to disprove it, it does not reflect blind faith in its ultimate significance.
