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So many successes (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

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[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 43 points 1 month ago

What’s proven is that our current mathematical models do not accurately represent the universe due to the way things move and effects of gravity

This is actually the bit that Vera Rubin discovered. The summary of her discovery in the quote is the issue :)

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago

That's.... What finitebanjo said?

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Originally, banjos post read like the line about Vera Rubin was outright incorrect, rather than simply being a case of the OP in the image making a poor summary of her contributions.

It sounded like Banjo was challenging Vera's relevance in the list, rather than clarifying what she actually did

[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 points 1 month ago

I would not make praising her the opening statement of my comment if I were challenging her contributions.

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Broadly, what you said was "Power to her, but what’s proven is that our current mathematical models do not accurately represent the universe". The "but" in that statement is that issue, as it sounds like you're challenging her findings with a correction, but your correction was just to summarise her actual findings

[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 points 1 month ago

Her achievment is proving the current mathematical models do not represent the universe and explaining why, where many men before her utterly failed.

Her achievment is not proving the existence of dark matter.

The "but" is very warranted and I honestly feel like the "dark matter is real" zealots are the ones besmirching her name by misrepresenting her accomplishments.