Does dark matter hold the universe together?
In short, dark matter slows down the expansion of the universe, while dark energy speeds it up. Dark matter works like an attractive force — a kind of cosmic cement that holds our universe together. This is because dark matter does interact with gravity, but it doesn't reflect, absorb or emit light.
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To the point, since dark matter is matter of unknown synthesis and it's what holds us united, then perhaps human physiology and human assimilation of the phenomena may impose the entanglement of other fields towards human cognition of the above concepts. An argument that brings us back to the theory of forms of Plato..
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