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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago

Have you ever had the change your fundamental understanding of the world? What if you found out today that our entire understanding of science and the universe was flawed due to the interference of some outside force that caused us to make all kinds of faulty observations.

Would you instantly accept it as fact when presented with evidence? Or would your lifetime of observations still carry weight?