tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoWhat prevailing theory in scientific circles do you think is likely to be replaced with a new understanding by 2050?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down11
arrow-up149arrow-down1message-squareWhat prevailing theory in scientific circles do you think is likely to be replaced with a new understanding by 2050?tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·3 days agodark matter and energy are sorta placeholders and I think by then we will have a good idea of what they are.
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoLike Einstein adding the cosmological constant to his equations because he initially couldn’t conceive of the universe expanding, and the equations wouldn’t work otherwise.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoYou’re more optimistic than me, especially when it comes to dark energy
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI feel like we have had some alternatives that have come close and hoping it all comes together.
dark matter and energy are sorta placeholders and I think by then we will have a good idea of what they are.
Like Einstein adding the cosmological constant to his equations because he initially couldn’t conceive of the universe expanding, and the equations wouldn’t work otherwise.
You’re more optimistic than me, especially when it comes to dark energy
I feel like we have had some alternatives that have come close and hoping it all comes together.