"MorituriMax" wrote in message
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K.M.N. wrote:
I am no expert, and I am also new to this NG, but is not one of the
primary
characteristics of non-baryonic "dark matter" that it is immune to all
of
the forces of nature except gravity? If that is the case, how could it
be
"produced" by the manipulation of EM forces on any scale, a force to
which
it is immune?

Nobody knows if it is ummune to "all" of the forces of nature.. merely the
ones
that we can detect. If there are forces we haven't been able to detect
other

Are you saying that there might be other foces of nature than the
electroweak, the strong nuclear force, and gravity?

than dark matter then we wouldn't be able to tell if those have an effect
on
dark matter. If we knew how such a manipulation could be performed then
dark

How can you manipulate a force about which nothing is known in an attempt to
"create" a form of matter about which nothing is known?

matter would be, by definition, no longer dark matter.

It is not that I do not "believe in" dark matter, be it hot, cold, exotic,
or mundane, the observational evidence is too strong-it does exist. However,
to propose an additional fundamental force of nature to account for dark
matter is an unnecessary and drastic step at this stage. as a philosopher of
science might put it, it looks as though this is "multiplying unknowns
unnecessarily."