Seriously -- The movies I mentioned were ones in which people were fooled -- the reality they believe existed was a false one.
Orson Well's "War of the World" radio program -- people believed it was true.
As for the Giant Squid -- That was a myth -- scientist said no such creature could exist. We would have found one by now. It was pretty recently (late 1950's ??) that a giant squid was actually found -- my point - what was once thought of as untrue - turns out to be true.
Four minute mile -- impossible -- doctors from all over studied human physiology and said it could not be done. They were afraid a man would die if he tried. Again - a truth found to be not so true.
Math and Physics -- solid, perfect, undeniable -- I think that is what you said. Well, in the 1950's several great mathmaticians said it was immpossible to land on the moon. To many variable - a spinning body with a moving atmosphere that is traveling in a non concentric circle around the sun and trying to hit another moving body in space. I do believe they said "It would take 1000 mathmatitians 100 years to make all the calculations." Wrong again.
"Ray's of light" was the standard view for centuries, until someone figured out light can bend, opps - it acts like a particle, but wait - it's not a particle - change the math models, they are wrong.
The more we (humans) know - the more we realize we don't know.
My position is simple - we don't know and can't prove or disprove much.
Orson Well's "War of the World" radio program -- people believed it was true.
As for the Giant Squid -- That was a myth -- scientist said no such creature could exist. We would have found one by now. It was pretty recently (late 1950's ??) that a giant squid was actually found -- my point - what was once thought of as untrue - turns out to be true.
Four minute mile -- impossible -- doctors from all over studied human physiology and said it could not be done. They were afraid a man would die if he tried. Again - a truth found to be not so true.
Math and Physics -- solid, perfect, undeniable -- I think that is what you said. Well, in the 1950's several great mathmaticians said it was immpossible to land on the moon. To many variable - a spinning body with a moving atmosphere that is traveling in a non concentric circle around the sun and trying to hit another moving body in space. I do believe they said "It would take 1000 mathmatitians 100 years to make all the calculations." Wrong again.
"Ray's of light" was the standard view for centuries, until someone figured out light can bend, opps - it acts like a particle, but wait - it's not a particle - change the math models, they are wrong.
The more we (humans) know - the more we realize we don't know.
My position is simple - we don't know and can't prove or disprove much.