[lbo-talk] Astronomy

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Jim Farmelant > >
> Just to point out that the "dark matter" is not observed, merely a
>
> computer-generated artefact reflecting an arbitrary mathematical
> construction to which nothing in physical reality corresponds.

That sounds sort of like Ernst Mach's argument against the existence
of atoms. That's not to deny that there aren't real issues besetting
contemporary cosmology.

^^^^^
CB: Aids to thought. Einstein disagreed with Mach, one of his mentors,
on this point. Lenin's disagreement with Mach on this point is a main
issue in _Materialism and Empirio- Criticism_.