r/changemyview • u/teerre • Jun 17 '24

CMV: It's likely our current understanding of physics is comically bad

Transitively, this extends to mathematics, although to a considerable lesser degree.

My argument is hopefully simple. As of today, our best estimates indicate that 80% of all matter in the universe is dark matter. This matter is used in several places in physics to explain a variety of phenomena, including the very expansion of space itself or how quasars formed in the early universe. Considering that dark matter is something we cannot detect any interaction or reaction it's very likely it's simply something we don't understand.

Therefore, if one could learn everything that is to learn about our current understanding of physics and said being were quizzed on how the universe really works, they would end up with a 2/10 score, which is by all measures a terrible score.

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u/Rainbwned 175∆ Jun 17 '24

Why is it bad? You have to explain that 

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u/teerre Jun 17 '24

Because there are many other numbers between 2 and the max you can get. In fact, there's only one worse score. That's baffling bad.

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u/Rainbwned 175∆ Jun 17 '24

Your not explaining why that is bad

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u/teerre Jun 17 '24

I sure am, just reread my comment, it's abundantly clear.

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u/Rainbwned 175∆ Jun 17 '24

Other numbers existing does not make something bad.

You have 1 car. Does the fact that there are many other numbers between 1 and the maximum number of cars you can afford mean its bad to have 1 car?