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The galaxies behave as if they were naked, i.e., as if they did not possess the huge and massive haloes of dark matter particles which the theory predicts to be there. (iai.tv)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The author doesn't mention any of the observations that are considered to be better explained by dark matter than modified gravity, then concludes his colleagues are delusional. That's a smear job, not science.

For dark matter scepticism that's intellectually honest, I'd suggest for example https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-bullet-cluster-as-evidence-against.html?m=1