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RE: Detecting nuggets of dark matter
So much of what you describe goes way, way over my head, but your explanation of indirect proof reminds me of the early days in the study of radioactivity, when Roentgen, Becquerel and Curie operated literally in the dark, but noticed the effects of the rays and knew they were onto something. This was long (actually, not that long) before the structure of the atom was described and the properties of radioactive elements understood.
I always get something out of a blog that's beyond me :)
We are indeed totally in the dark today. There are phenomena that need to be explained, but we can't find any explanation that is favored by data. On the other hand, there is none of the proposed explanations that are excluded at the same time. in short, we are living an exciting period :)