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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
(Modern physics is probably in that kind of trap today. They have set certain things as constants, beyond question. If they are less than completely correct, then they're going down a blind alley, with no way out, because the guild doesn't allow the constants to be questioned....and then wonder why there hasn't been a new Einenstein in over a 100 years.)
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Yes and no and it depends. If you look at the case of solar neutrino oscillation, you will see that the theorists took issue with the actual data for a long time... not believing in oscillation, because it didn't fit with the theorys then in use. However, after a lot of time and experimentation, it was shown that the data was correct ... it was the theories that were wrong.
When any scientist falls too much in love with a theory, they run the risk of ignoring the data in favor of the theory. That's a trap that all scientists should be very wary of.