>”our BEST explanation may not be true” This one is tough, because the validity and utility of scientific theories / models is not based on a simple true/false

>”our BEST explanation may not be true” This one is tough, because the validity and utility of scientific theories / models is not based on a simple true/false dichotomy. The Standard Model of physics can describe phenomenon to an astounding level of accuracy, but it still has plenty of unsolved problems. I don’t think some new model of physics will come along and radically upend it, but if there is a new model that is more accurate, then that new model will supersede it. For instance, special relativity did not falsify Newtonian mechanics and we still use the latter all the time in the scientific and engineering world.