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... and it reinforces the fact that we are "still in the dark" about so many things, from science to civilization / peace

Do you know most of my seminars start like this: "theoretically, we are in the dark, which is why the study of the physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics is so exciting" :)

Same for me. Personally, I am not a fan of modified gravity theories, but we must stay open-minded.