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>Now, it would be nice if there were a lesson in this list of errors that might help scientists do better in the future. But the whole history of science shows that such errors are actually unavoidable. There is a lesson, though, based on what the mistakes on this list have in common: They’re all on a list of errors now known to be errors. Science, unlike certain political philosophies and personality cults, corrects its mistakes. That’s the lesson, and that’s why respecting science is so important to avoiding errors in other realms of life.

Yes "respect science" experts say... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimz-PZMjjs

>>Now, it would be nice if there were a lesson in this list of errors that might help scientists do better in the future. But the whole history of science shows that such errors are actually unavoidable. There is a lesson, though, based on what the mistakes on this list have in common: They’re all on a list of errors now known to be errors. Science, unlike certain political philosophies and personality cults, corrects its mistakes. That’s the lesson, and **that’s why respecting science** is so important to avoiding errors in other realms of life. Yes "respect science" experts say... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimz-PZMjjs

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I suspect that a lot of the big ideas today that our understanding of the universe rests on are simply wrong. Not just a little bit wrong, but completely and totally wrong.

Yep. Evidence our mainstream understanding is completely wrong is overwhelming. If its "theoretical astronomy" or "theoretical physics" it's almost certainly bullshit. It's all thought experiments with credentialed hand waving.

What they do when they find evidence which invalidates the mainstream model (which is in abundance) is invent magic. You name some. Real scientists would step back and figure out why magic is required for their theory. But deep down they also know providing real science is a career ender. So they have a choice. Play the game, create pseudo-science, scientism, and magic, and make a living bolstering mainstream, or do real science and end their career.

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The reason we have such fundamental problems with astronomy is that it's not a scientific field. Science is the process of obtaining knowledge through the scientific method. The scientific method relies on being able to perform a controlled experiment. Since astronomy is purely observational, no controlled experiment is possible. Astronomy is closer to the field of history rather than sciences like physics and chemistry. Not having a way to distinguish a bad hypothesis from a good one makes it difficult to displace bad explanations.