Comment Re:"Fully Half Doubt the Big Bang"? (Score 1) 600
If a model conflicts with observation, the model either must be dropped or modified.
That's a little too simplistic. Often, when a model conflicts with observation, the first thing that is questioned is the observation. Is the observation accurate? Is it repeatable? Is the observation made without observer bias (intentional or otherwise)?
How is that too simplistic? If the observation was inaccurate, then it really wasn't an observation, was it?
Only in the same way that it is impossible to "observe" a True Scotsman.