tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·1 month agodark matter and energy are sorta placeholders and I think by then we will have a good idea of what they are.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoYou’re more optimistic than me, especially when it comes to dark energy
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI feel like we have had some alternatives that have come close and hoping it all comes together.
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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.
dark matter and energy are sorta placeholders and I think by then we will have a good idea of what they are.
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.
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.