It's early days, but this looks promising;
"A new theory of gravity might explain the curious motions of stars in galaxies. Emergent gravity, as the new theory is called, predicts the exact same deviation of motions that is usually explained by invoking dark matter. Prof. Erik Verlinde, renowned expert in string theory at the University of Amsterdam and the Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, published a new research paper today in which he expands his groundbreaking views on the nature of gravity.
According to Verlinde, gravity is not a fundamental force of nature, but an emergent phenomenon. In the same way that temperature arises from the movement of microscopic particles, gravity emerges from the changes of fundamental bits of information, stored in the very structure of spacetime."
http://phys.org/news/2016-11-theory-gravity-dark.html
Actual paper here;
https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02269
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Originally Posted by Stonius
I've always felt very uncomfortable with the idea of dark energy/matter. It feels a little too close to the method Theists use, interposing a preferred mechanism for things they don't understand, and then looking for the evidence that would support their beliefs (very unscientific, IMO, but what do I know?).
Okay, so the expansion of the universe is accelerating, and galaxies rotate faster than they should. Nothing wrong with saying 'We don't know why, and it could be caused by a number of factors'. But calling it dark matter/energy seems predicated on an expected result and seems particularly narrow. I'll stick my neck out and say that I don't think they'll ever find an exotic form of dark matter or energy. Far more likely that they'll discover new physics that explains it, much like a certain patent clerk did a while back.
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