As with most things human, 'correction' can take a long time. Just one example: we're still constantly reading "Relativity shown to be right again." Baked-in b

As with most things human, 'correction' can take a long time. Just one example: we're still constantly reading "Relativity shown to be right again." Baked-in biases and a kind of 'worshipfullness' of big Names like Newton (and misunderstanding what science can 'prove')[0] are all part of the stew. [0]Excellant discussion here: https://martinsweatman.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-scientific-method-and-statistical.html https://martinsweatman.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-scientific-m... Aristotle's ideas ruled the roost for millenia, before they were closely inspected. Just the other day I listened to someone complaining that mis-translations of his ideas resulted in some of the big blunders attributed to him (e.g. 'heavier things fall faster).