James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe - eviltoast
Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the observation is not down to a measurement error.
  • Zozano@lemy.lol
    9·
    8 months ago

    It’s always funny to me when people bring up how science was wrong in the past, as evidence for why we shouldn’t trust it now.

    You know what replaced the bad science? Good science.

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 months ago

      Or rather, we replace the bad science with the best explanations we can offer, right now.

      I’ll take the plumb pudding model over “deity did it, stop asking questions” any day, because you can still do something useful with it.

      Doesn’t even matter if our understanding is wrong and will be updated later.

      Science is the best philosophy 💪

      • Zozano@lemy.lol
        5·
        8 months ago

        I’ve always liked the adage: science doesn’t tell us what’s true, only what isn’t.

        We don’t know the best way to treat cancer, but we know leeches don’t work.