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James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence for alternate theory of gravity

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355 points jchanimal | 2 comments | 16 Nov 24 18:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | source
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Bengalilol ◴[16 Nov 24 21:21 UTC] No.42159465[source]▶
« Stunning evidence » … then later on: « Instead, the readings _seem_ to support a basis for MOND, which _would_ force astronomers and cosmologists to reconsider this alternative and long-controversial theory of gravity. » What’s conditional evidence? I may be missing the overall picture, but I view such writing as non precise at its best.
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1. bbor ◴[16 Nov 24 21:28 UTC] No.42159523[source]▶
Well, it’s evidence that a) must be verified on a mathematical and empirical level, and b) (arguably) fits better with a currently unpopular theory than the dominant one. There’s so many unknowns in physics that opponents can easily reply “well your theory doesn’t explain XYZ yet, so we likely just need to tweak our theory”.

In other words, reasonable minds do disagree. AFAIU as an amateur.

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