(September 18, 2014 at 1:45 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote:Quote:I'll coincide that you have examples. And I'll point out what changed their mind was evidence.
And my point is that continued research into these sciences will most likely result in evidence that will flip our understanding of reality in much the same way as those examples did.
Ah the old "scientists have been wrong in the past" argument. Gotta love a classic.
Science changes as the body of evidence grows but it is only reasonable to believe the best evidence available at the time.
How long till "scientists lie, what about Piltdown man" comes out to play?
Which was uncovered by scientists checking the facts by the way.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.