anyman wrote:
"the problem is that in the meantime, they (and i exclude myself because i am rarely guilty of the same) are telling us that such and such a paradigm is a fact ('...as sure as the earth moves around the sun')"

The above is a demonstration that you don't understand how science works and what the words you read mean.

The paradigm is not what is in question. The sole question is the fine details.

Here's an analogy that may help you understand the problem.

The two of us are standing on the beach looking out and we see a boat. I say ... "wow that sailboat is at least 100 feet long." Later the boat gets closer and I say ... "I guess the boat is only 90 feet long." And you say "your paradigm that it is a sailboat is incorrect."


DA Morgan