Disclaimer: I am not a conspiracy theorist, I do not believe in the flat earth, alternative medicine, a divine creator, etc.
I am a critical thinker who supports the scientific method and has a drive to achieve a thorough understanding of the sciences.
Thank you for the heads up; am I allowed to speculate in order to attain a better understanding of a topic without attempting to discredit or refute any known science?
Isn't dark matter just an unidentified force of gravity that holds galaxies together?
If galaxies are held together by their own gravitational influence and that of a past state, could this not reasonably be an explanation for the excess of gravitational forces observed in galaxies?
Or is this...
Can the effects of gravity possibly extend through time? Is there a natural law that forbids this?
Could this be a possible explanation for dark matter?