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Old 01-May-2008, 01:33 PM
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It's not hard to predict it will never be found.
No predictions are hard, the issue is if they are correct. What evidence can you cite that your prediction is correct? Dark matter has already made several predictions that have proven correct, even if it has not yet been detected. On what basis can you predict it won't be detected?
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The dark-matter solution using spherical shells was obviously wrong because it allows an infinite number of solutions, as the ratio of shell matter to disk matter is changed.
Your approach allows an nfinite number of solutions too, in thee dimensions.

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A good match of speeds can be found using spherical shells alone!
But that doesn't surprise anyone, and says nothing about dark matter.
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