https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1510.03856/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13068993urn:hackerpapers:mention:1510.03856:13068993Wed, 30 Nov 2016 06:59:12 GMT<p>As a general principle I would advise a grain of salt whenever a physicist claims to have solved an outstanding astrophysical problem. Verlinde is a great physicist --- I remember reading Verlinde&#x27;s paper on entropic gravity when it came out and I&#x27;m still excited about that idea. But someone with a background in pure physics often lacks the background in astronomy to know whether their ideas will work. (I remember hearing a visiting physicist present his ideas about stars producing axions, and having an astronomy professor point out that if he was right, Cepheid variables would not pulsate at…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1510.03856/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.GA