Thank you for pointing this out. This was "settled science" of the day and to question it put one against much of the world scientific community. Just as a flat

Thank you for pointing this out. This was "settled science" of the day and to question it put one against much of the world scientific community. Just as a flat earth and an Earth-centric universe were once completely accepted without question, so was this. And today, in our age of satellites and electronic computers, we have our own misconceptions - areas where nagging little doubts or details that don't quite fit the model (and are therefore trivialized or ignored outright). Examples: The unidirectional linearity of time. String Theory vs classical quantum model. Or even the "big bang" model. Our (lack of) understanding gravity and quantum entanglement. Hopefully future generations with more understanding will look back at us, shake their heads, and ask "how could they have been so naive?" I think the answer is, we're really not that far removed from our ancestors scratching the dirt with sticks and learning to control fire. Hopefully with continued inspection (introspection?) we get closer to the truth of science and its beauty.