Look, read up on monetary metals. They have all the reasons. An attractive sheen and luster comes from the fact that these metals are good electrical conductors. For a related reason, they are also good thermal conductors. There are reasons. It is not arbitrary.
General Relativity does not predict planetary orbits with dark matter. That whole subject arises from problems understanding galactic motion, which is an open subject. I disregard "dark matter" as being a hobgoblin. So also with "black holes."
What accuracy do you need, where? I don't think any life on Earth will be affected one way or the other depending on our understanding of galactic astrophysics. How do you know that there are "fundamental flaws" when the theories work perfectly in the environments where they work? You are just grousing over the absence of perfection. I predict you will be unhappy to your last day.
I can't explain a lot of what the ancients did. I have problems even understanding what my ancestors did. So what? I can explain what I did. And if you like, look up YAL-1A to find an example. You seem pretty clearly NOT to have a job in technology, and it afflicts you with an inferiority complex. Which you cope with by placing technologists in the sphere of Not Knowing Everything, which puts you on an even level. The lapse in logic is really amusing, but it escapes you.
Look, read up on monetary metals. They have all the reasons. An attractive sheen and luster comes from the fact that these metals are good electrical conductors. For a related reason, they are also good thermal conductors. There are reasons. It is not arbitrary.
General Relativity does not predict planetary orbits with dark matter. That whole subject arises from problems understanding galactic motion, which is an open subject. I disregard "dark matter" as being a hobgoblin. So also with "black holes."
What accuracy do you need, where? I don't think any life on Earth will be affected one way or the other depending on our understanding of galactic astrophysics. How do you know that there are "fundamental flaws" when the theories work perfectly in the environments where they work? You are just grousing over the absence of perfection. I predict you will be unhappy to your last day.
I can't explain a lot of what the ancients did. I have problems even understanding what my ancestors did. So what? I can explain what I did. And if you like, look up YAL-1A to find an example. You seem pretty clearly NOT to have a job in technology, and it afflicts you with an inferiority complex. Which you cope with by placing technologists in the sphere of Not Knowing Everything, which puts you on an even level. The lapse in logic is really amusing, but it escapes you.