/sci/ - Science & Math

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>scientists form ideas based on the data they have
>new data comes that challenges or disproves the existing idea
>scientists change their ideas to be in line with the new data
I don't understand the mindset that this is bad, or worse, somehow dishonest. I don't know where the gotcha moment in OP's head is supposed to exist. This is what you would want scientists to do. If earlier ideas are observably wrong, why would scientists be expected to keep championing them? That just wastes everyone's time and resources. If you get new data that disproves your idea and you continue to believe the idea anyways, you are behaving in a faith-based manner more appropriate to religion than science. Data and dogma are not the same thing, and some people seem to be genuinely incapable of understanding that.