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The biggest problem with MOND is that it was hand-crafted with additional parameters simply to fit the data.

The biggest problem with MOND is that it was hand-crafted with additional parameters simply to fit the data. What's missing is a reason or a mechanism by witch gravity stops following the inverse square. Scientists generally take a dim view of such theories. "With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk." John von Neumann

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The biggest problem with MOND is that it was hand-crafted with additional parameters simply to fit the data.

Shitty-kittyOct 21, 2026, 11:19 AM

The biggest problem with MOND is that it was hand-crafted with additional parameters simply to fit the data. What's missing is a reason or a mechanism by witch gravity stops following the inverse square. Scientists generally take a dim view of such theories. "With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk." John von Neumann

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