Is the Nexus Graviton a Thing?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the concept of the Nexus Graviton and its implications for dark matter and dark energy. Participants express skepticism about the validity of the Nexus Theory and related preprints, questioning their scientific rigor and credibility.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses doubt about their qualifications to critique the Nexus Graviton, describing a preprint as potentially gibberish.
  • Another participant suggests that the lack of critical comments from experts may indicate that the theory is not taken seriously, implying that ignoring such theories is a common response.
  • A third participant agrees with the sentiment that the theory may be nonsensical, reinforcing the skepticism about its validity.
  • Concerns are raised about the legitimacy of certain publications, with one participant labeling a specific journal as a scam.
  • A question is posed regarding the presentation of the Nexus Graviton at a specific symposium, indicating uncertainty about its reception in the scientific community.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally express skepticism about the Nexus Graviton, with multiple competing views on its validity and the credibility of associated publications. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the theory's scientific merit.

Contextual Notes

Participants note the absence of critical commentary on the Nexus Theory and express concerns about the quality of the journals publishing related work. There is also a mention of potential biases in the scientific community regarding the reception of unconventional theories.

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Let me preface my question with the observation that I'm not an expert in either GR or QFT. But I do know enough to realize how much I don't know. I'm merely an aging Ph.D. physicist. That said, I viewed a ResearchGate preprint and was invited to comment on it. While I don't believe I'm qualified to comment on it in detail, it struck me as gibberish (but that could be my ignorance about the subject). The preprint in question is: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321489442_Probing_Quantum_Gravity_Through_Strong_Gravitational_Lensing. I found more about the Nexus Graviton (or Nexus Theory), but all by the same author. And no critical comments! Some even appeared to be peer-reviewed. So am I missing something, and the Nexus Graviton is really a Thing (the apparent answer to dark matter and dark energy)? Or are my instincts correct, and this is merely gibberish surrounded by a few equations?
See additional sources: https://phys.org/news/2015-03-black-holes-dark-sector-quantum.html
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1142/S0219887815500425
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=36510
http://independent.academia.edu/StuartMarongwe
 
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Gort said:
no critical comments!

This doesn't really tell you anything. The most common response of experts in a scientific field who believe that someone's pet theory is nonsense is to ignore it, not to make critical comments about it.

Gort said:
am I missing something, and the Nexus Graviton is really a Thing (the apparent answer to dark matter and dark energy)? Or are my instincts correct, and this is merely gibberish surrounded by a few equations?

The abstracts in the links you give strike me as closer to the latter than the former. However, I have not looked into it in any detail.
 
Gort said:
and this is merely gibberish surrounded by a few equations?

Yes.
 
It's just amazing to me that pseudo-science is appearing (at least to me) to be so semi-legit. Can anyone present at the "28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics", for instance?

But I just found out that the "International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics" is a scam publication - https://aardvarchaeology.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/scam-publisher-fools-swedish-c/

Anyway, thanks for your input. I'll certainly be more wary in my choice of reading materials!
 
Gort said:
Can anyone present at the "28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics", for instance?

It was a poster, so maybe.