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Old 08-December-2006, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerry View Post
No one has a good model for Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Inflation or galactic evolution that is consistent with observational evidence....
Yes, there are unsolved problems in astrophysics. All the problems you list have come about as the result of observations, and of course any solutions to these problems are thereby constrained.

But the fact that there are unsolved problems in astrophysics is no excuse for any lack of rigor in any alternative theory. If one is putting forward a theory, it has got to be well supported, etc., etc. AFAIK, no one from the mainstream is exactly putting forward any "theory" explaining dark energy, for example. They have just noted that the observations require an explanation. Most researchers readily admit that there is not yet any solid explanation for these observations.
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