Thursday, February 23, 2006
Whose Is Bigger?
We here at Andromeda Blog suspect there's more than a little "home cooking" in the latest claims that -- somehow -- the Milky Way galaxy is bigger than Andromeda. Yesterday's story conveniently adding a billion stars to the Milky Way's total out of "thin air," i.e., hot gas, fits perfectly with the even crazier story that the Milky Way is bigger than Andromeda -- even though Andromeda has many more stars -- due to this mythical, magical "dark matter."
Regular readers know "dark matter" is simply the term fancy-schmancy scientists use for "thumb on the scale." Their poor mathematics and measurements, their tiny little brains, and their crinkled forepaws, lead your puny human scientists to the conclusion that 2+2=5, so they add 1 unit of dark matter to prove their math is right. That was fine, when it didn't affect allocation of the Universe's tax revenues, but now your Earth scientists are making a grab for a bigger haul, by actually claiming the Milky Way is bigger than Andromeda and that, my little-brained little friends, is going too far.
Regular readers know "dark matter" is simply the term fancy-schmancy scientists use for "thumb on the scale." Their poor mathematics and measurements, their tiny little brains, and their crinkled forepaws, lead your puny human scientists to the conclusion that 2+2=5, so they add 1 unit of dark matter to prove their math is right. That was fine, when it didn't affect allocation of the Universe's tax revenues, but now your Earth scientists are making a grab for a bigger haul, by actually claiming the Milky Way is bigger than Andromeda and that, my little-brained little friends, is going too far.
