I think that conclusion is right, and the key lies in the word “check”. Yes, we check the evidence when it doesn’t fit what we thought. Sometimes the evidence is defective (you guys remember that FTL neutrino business?); sometimes, well… it isn’t (Michelson-Morley experiment!).
I think that conclusion is right, and the key lies in the word “check”. Yes, we check the evidence when it doesn’t fit what we thought. Sometimes the evidence is defective (you guys remember that FTL neutrino business?); sometimes, well… it isn’t (Michelson-Morley experiment!).