The dark matter thought has crossed my mind too (and others have also speculated along those lines). Yet the fact that dark matter appears to have been present in the very early universe speaks strongly against it — at least when it comes to the stronger “be” conjecture, less so the weaker “contain” conjecture, which seems more plausible.
The dark matter thought has crossed my mind too (and others have also speculated along those lines). Yet the fact that dark matter appears to have been present in the very early universe speaks strongly against it — at least when it comes to the stronger “be” conjecture, less so the weaker “contain” conjecture, which seems more plausible.