tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post8070992280312582914..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: What Astronomers Wish You Know About Dark Matter And Dark EnergyZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-14266360282586608232018-04-19T14:24:28.165-05:002018-04-19T14:24:28.165-05:00I know what dark matter and dark energy are. Oddly...I know what dark matter and dark energy are. Oddly enough they're aren't a million miles apart. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-48081406528069501332018-04-13T08:33:14.693-05:002018-04-13T08:33:14.693-05:00YOu can call it anything you want, but without any...YOu can call it anything you want, but without any quantitative evidence that your "degree of freedom" matches what we know so far, it really is meaningless.<br /><br />Zz.ZapperZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-9405253159789769602018-04-10T19:52:27.538-05:002018-04-10T19:52:27.538-05:00Can we think of this as a difference without a dif...Can we think of this as a difference without a difference? Not trying to be specially cute, but can we call the dark matter and dark energy degrees of freedom "gravitational degrees of freedom", and not be as excitable about whether it's a modification of gravity or a new field?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08654675777726560464noreply@blogger.com