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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6159768" data-attributes="member: 6669384">I'm not even slightly surprised."Normal matter" is actually the minority case in the universe, according to many estimates.  The subatomic particles that make it up fall into the general category called Baryons."Strange matter" (often referred to as Dark Matter) is said to be non-baryonic.  The problem is that there are no samples or examples available  The stuff is theoretical.Originally there was a distinction made between dark matter, that which was simply dark (as in, it didn't radiate any light), and strange matter, which is supposedly a different class of matter entirely.The two terms have become conflated, and are often used interchangeably. Some "dark energy" theories suggest that empty vacuum contains energy of a non-radiant form, inherent in the existence of space itself.  As space expands, so does the supply of this imeasurable, undetectable energy source, which pretty much shoots the Conservation of Matter and Energy theory to hell.  The evidence for Strange/Dark matter/energy is derived from the observation that the expansion of the universe seems to be accelerating, rather than slowing down.  Alternate theories include the idea that new space isn't simply being formed at the leading edge of the universal expansion, forced into being by the presence of matter, but also interspersed throughout the existing universe, thus increasing distances between astronomical objects.  Another is that the calculated Gravitational Constant is wrong, and perhaps not a "constant" at all.  Yet another is that the "known universe" is simply us falling into a black hole, and that the observed accelerating "expansion" is actually the observers falling into the abyss faster than the outer edges, and that the only reason we haven't "hit bottom" yet is due to the time-compression we experience as our falling speed increases. Personally I like door number three, but that's just me.All of which has nothing to do with Bodaks or D&D in any way, other than that it's speculation and mostly fantasy. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  That being said, you should probably disregard everything I've said on the subject.</blockquote>

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