[Source.](https://the-pipeline.org/science-seldom-settled-and-never-by-mediocrities/) > Refreshingly, not all scientists think the science is settled. Those of philosophical disposition might find the very idea of “settled science” a contradiction in terms. As to that, even Greek mathematician Claudius Ptolemy was found wanting, although his geocentric theory of the solar system lasted over a millennium. Aristotle’s theory of gravity was undone, as was even Newton’s. There are too many examples to count of absolute giants of the past whose theories eventually failed the test. Yet, a tenuous theory of the weather designed by mediocrities, which hasn’t come close to accurately predicting global temperatures, is apparently holy writ. Risible, if not for the fact that celebrity and political buy-in is turning the world upside down.