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'everything that underpins daily life' does not include everything in the universe, for example it excludes dark matter and dark energy, neither of which matter at planetary scales like here on earth.



> neither of which matter at planetary scales like here on earth

...except, isn't it true that the galaxy that contains the earth wouldn't exist were it not for dark matter?


There's nothing preventing the formation of galaxies, stars and planets if you take away dark energy. Dark matter is not as clear cut but it's still likely to be unimportant.




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