>when they can, fail the test I'm not seeing why this is a bad thing. Every new idea we learn to test for, even if we test it and it comes back false, advance

>when they can, fail the test I'm not seeing why this is a bad thing. Every new idea we learn to test for, even if we test it and it comes back false, advances our knowledge and understanding. Could it just be the case we are so far from our everyday experiences of the natural world that advancing further in our understanding requires taking small steps?