I don't keep much track of the alternative theories, my feeds are dialed for space news and every second article is paraphrased as "new JWST observations doesn't fit current theories" It's constantly finding something too big, too old, too early and in the wrong place.
As for dark matter, repeat failure of observation in both man made experiments and inconsistencies in the cosmic distribution. If we called it the "ad hoc variable representing the will of the gods lightly pushing shit around" it would more accurately fit observations. Something spins too fast, arbitrary dial the will of god to keep shit together in that particular place.
Inconsistent with elsewhere? No problem the Gods will it differently there, maybe the average distribution of worshippers is lower in that galaxy? Contemporary evidence is the the same for both formulations of the dark mystery variable that forces observation to adhere to the fraying theory.
At some point the accumulated problems grow so large you don't need to be on a cosmologist payroll to recognize it for being legacy bullshit grandfathered into the present.
As for dark matter, repeat failure of observation in both man made experiments and inconsistencies in the cosmic distribution. If we called it the "ad hoc variable representing the will of the gods lightly pushing shit around" it would more accurately fit observations. Something spins too fast, arbitrary dial the will of god to keep shit together in that particular place.
Inconsistent with elsewhere? No problem the Gods will it differently there, maybe the average distribution of worshippers is lower in that galaxy? Contemporary evidence is the the same for both formulations of the dark mystery variable that forces observation to adhere to the fraying theory.
At some point the accumulated problems grow so large you don't need to be on a cosmologist payroll to recognize it for being legacy bullshit grandfathered into the present.