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Einstein's rings ?
Microlensing and discovery of extrasolar planets?
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Yes, and I can think of a few others, but is that what we are seeing and do we really understand what we are seeing?? Just because we see something and it can be explained by what we feel is the correct theory for why it happens, doesn't mean that we are actually correct in what we are saying is happening. What if there is an equally possible, but different, explanation. It has to be tested, yes, but what if that new explanation turns out to be as rigorous in its testing and can be proven. Which idea do you then use??? Do you throw one out in favour of another or do you create a synthesis of both ideas and then test that??.
We may think we know and understand a lot, but we actually know less than what we believe we do.
Let's test these new ideas, instead of trying to dismiss them because we think we know what's going on.