There are arbitrarily many complex theories that are falsified by simple and relatively known facts. These facts may be very easy for people to remember and reply with. This does NOT mean they are not treating your complex theory with the due amount of time and energy, but that you are probably wasting your hours of research in unproductive ways.
One example from reality: Lamarckian Evolution. If for a moment we ignore epigenetics and stick to pure differential multiplication of replicators, Lamarckian Evolution is just something that does not take place on earth. Creatures are not able to alter their germ-line DNA based on things they learn or what they experience in life. And yet, until we knew about genetics, the theory was both interesting and extremely thoroughly developed. If someone today were to come up with an equivalent theory based on their own intuition, even if they spent two hours writing about it, a brief reply on the lines of “sorry, that’s not how genes work” would be completely in line.
There are arbitrarily many complex theories that are falsified by simple and relatively known facts. These facts may be very easy for people to remember and reply with. This does NOT mean they are not treating your complex theory with the due amount of time and energy, but that you are probably wasting your hours of research in unproductive ways.
One example from reality: Lamarckian Evolution. If for a moment we ignore epigenetics and stick to pure differential multiplication of replicators, Lamarckian Evolution is just something that does not take place on earth. Creatures are not able to alter their germ-line DNA based on things they learn or what they experience in life. And yet, until we knew about genetics, the theory was both interesting and extremely thoroughly developed. If someone today were to come up with an equivalent theory based on their own intuition, even if they spent two hours writing about it, a brief reply on the lines of “sorry, that’s not how genes work” would be completely in line.