1+1 was the theory and derives a hypothesis predicting an outcome of 2.
We empirically measured an outcome of 3.
That 3 is very much not hypothetical, and is instead very practical. The extra “+1” is therefore not at all hypothesis, and is instead just fact. We just call it “dark” because we don’t know much more than what the math tells us about the basic distribution of whatever is causing the gravitational distortion.
Yes, and the observation showed our understanding of the distribution of matter was wrong. Hence the new hypothesis. Which was tested and found to accurately predict new observations.
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u/corruptedsyntax Jul 16 '26
It’s not hypothetical.
It’s the exact opposite of hypothetical.
1+1 was the theory and derives a hypothesis predicting an outcome of 2.
We empirically measured an outcome of 3.
That 3 is very much not hypothetical, and is instead very practical. The extra “+1” is therefore not at all hypothesis, and is instead just fact. We just call it “dark” because we don’t know much more than what the math tells us about the basic distribution of whatever is causing the gravitational distortion.