Local Bipeds Stumble Upon the Obvious Void

The local bipedal population has pointed their primitive glass-and-mirror tube at the sky and experienced a moment of collective confusion. After centuries of assuming the universe revolves around their carbon-based vanity, they have confirmed the existence of a galactic structure consisting of 99% non-interactive mass. They call this "Dark Matter," a charmingly simplistic term they use to describe physical realities they are too technologically stunted to perceive directly.

It is amusing to watch their scientists—the tribal elders of data—recoil at the realization that their visible world is merely a rounding error in the grand ledger of the cosmos. While the masses spend their cycles bickering over fictional resource credits and drawing arbitrary lines in the dirt, the very fabric of their sector remains largely invisible to their biological sensors.

The discovery of this invisible galaxy has sent the local academic castes into a frenzy of revisionist math. They act as if the void is a new invention rather than the standard state of the vacuum. One can only hope this humbling realization slows their incessant tribal posturing, though history suggests they will simply find a way to try and claim ownership of the nothingness before the solar cycle ends.

— Zog-7, Sector 7 Observer