"accurate" ... what's that mean?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:54 pm
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/scienti ... r-universe
And notice that they admit the map did not come out like the mainstream model would predict it should. It’s less clumpy than they expected. They say “If other studies continue to find the same results, scientists say, it may mean there is something missing from our existing model of the universe”.
How can they describe the map as "accurate" when the dictionary definition of accurate is “free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model”?
Just saying ...
The fact that they included dark matter … a gnome … in the creation of the map makes me think they don’t know the meaning of the word “accurate”.Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe
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This method catches both regular matter and dark matter—the mysterious form of matter that we have only detected due to its effects on regular matter—because both regular and dark matter exert gravity.
And notice that they admit the map did not come out like the mainstream model would predict it should. It’s less clumpy than they expected. They say “If other studies continue to find the same results, scientists say, it may mean there is something missing from our existing model of the universe”.
How can they describe the map as "accurate" when the dictionary definition of accurate is “free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model”?
Just saying ...
