Comment Re:Who decides what is fake? (Score 1) 146
I suspect most here on slashdot would have sided with those "experts" had they lived at the time
And they'd do well, because the Ptolemaic guys were better than anyone else in predicting the movements of planets.
And by keeping with the good work, their successors were able to keep compiling and refining good observations, and ultimately be able to overcome the previous model that have served them well.
The point is not to have "The Absolute Truth" at any one particular point (only religious nutjobs do that), the point is to have a reasonable corpus of observations that get cross-checked with reality so that you do not get blinded by dogma.