Bjørn Ekeberg on Dark Matter: The Hidden Foundation of Our Universe

“It's perhaps worth stopping to ask why astrophysicists hypothesize dark matter to be everywhere in the universe. The answer lies in a peculiar feature of cosmological physics that is not often remarked. A crucial function of theories such as dark matter, dark energy and inflation—each in its own way tied to the big bang paradigm—is not to describe known empirical phenomena but rather to maintain the mathematical coherence of the framework itself while accounting for discrepant observations. Fundamentally, they are names for something that must exist insofar as the framework is assumed to be universally valid.”

Bjørn Ekeberg

Bjørn Ekeberg is a philosopher of science and author, known for his work "Metaphysical Experiments."

This quote invites reflection on the foundations of scientific models and highlights the role of theories in maintaining the coherence of our worldview.

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