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What prevailing theory in scientific circles do you think is likely to be replaced with a new understanding by 2050? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 days ago by tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 45 points 4 days ago (3 children)

dark matter and energy are sorta placeholders and I think by then we will have a good idea of what they are.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're more optimistic than me, especially when it comes to dark energy

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago

I feel like we have had some alternatives that have come close and hoping it all comes together.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Like Einstein adding the cosmological constant to his equations because he initially couldn't conceive of the universe expanding, and the equations wouldn't work otherwise.

[–] rikudou 2 points 4 days ago

Hope so, they've been placeholders for quite a while.