This isn't true in general, and your specific example isn't true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity#Perihelion_precession_of_Mercury ht

This isn't true in general, and your specific example isn't true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity#Perihelion_precession_of_Mercury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity#Pe... For nearly 50 years, the "consensus" was "Newton's theory explains most things but doesn't explain this one big thing". The same could have been true of climate change, but there is no "precession of Mercury" for human-caused climate change. The data is clear, and the theory matches the data close enough to justify overwhelming consensus.