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Originally Posted by LubeMaster77
Actually, what will prolly happen is something completely wierd and unexpected and will throw the brain trust into a tizzy for a few more years....
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If it does and it can't be fit into the theory of the moment, eventually a new theory will be developed which accomodates it.
This will render the old theory useless and there will be a great moaning, wailing and gnashing of teeth from proponents of the old theory as they undergo the misery of losing grant money, prestige, etc.; a veritable revolution will ensue and finally the new theory will be accepted as the framework within which ongoing study and iexperimentation will occur.
Contrary to many thinking that our current body of scientific knowledge is an orderly, sequential accumulation of building blocks of learning, this body of knowledge has undergone such revolutions many times in the past and will continue to do so into the future.
"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" By Thomas S. Kuhn, is a good read.