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>This is EXACTLY how scientific revolutions work and it follows that all human progress follows this model.

No, it isn't.

Scientists attempt to disprove their theories using hypothesis and observation, and adjust their models of reality based on what the evidence shows. Conspiracy theorists state their assumptions a proiri and refuse to adjust their models based on evidence to the contrary.

Scientists are the ones saying the Earth is round, conspiracy theorists are saying it's flat. These are not the same.



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