Mordehai Milgrom Quotes

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The nice thing is that MOND has not had to change or adjust itself to the many observations that came after it was proposed. … In the end, the process that might sway people's minds could be a slow one, in which they become disillusioned and dissatisfied with DM, while MOND explains more and more of the observations. And, if MOND does turn out to have some truth to it, the fact that it encountered so much opposition will just show how nontrivial a thought it was.

Mordehai Milgrom

It seems to me that in understanding MOND and its fundamentals we have only scratched the surface. If the developments of quantum mechanics and relativity are any lesson here, departures of such magnitude from long- and well-tested physics may bring with them completely new concepts, not summarized by mere modifications of the governing actions or the equations of motion. MOND may also turn out to bring in concepts that are presently beyond our ken (as hinted perhaps by the cosmological connotations of a0)....

Mordehai Milgrom

What makes MOND particularly intriguing is that it predicted many effects that could not even be tested when I formulated it.

Mordehai Milgrom

If we accept a departure from the standard laws of physics, we might do away with dark matter.

Mordehai Milgrom