@BroDrillard @sickburnbro @BowsacNoodle @EvilSandmich WELL ISN'T THAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF SCIENCE IF YOU DON'T DO THE SCIENCE AS RELIGION THING?
YOU MAKE MODELS DESCRIBED BY A CONSISTENT SET OF LAWS, THESE MODELS ARE USEFUL TOOLS FOR GUIDING THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN PROCESS FOR MATERIAL CULTURE
YES, EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY BREAKS DOWN AT A LARGE ENOUGH SCALE, BUT THAT SCALE IS INTERSTELLAR AND PARALLEL LINES NEVER INTERSECT AT THE HUMAN SCALE
VERY FEW THINGS HUMANS CARE ABOUT MOVE QUICKLY ENOUGH THAT TIME DILATION IS AN ISSUE
HELL, FOR 99%+ OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE THE EARTH MAY AS WELL BE FLAT
DARK MATTER BEING A CLUDGE TO MAKE THE CURRENT MODEL FIT ONLY BECOMES A PROBLEM IF YOU START CLAIMING THE MODEL IS REALITY, THE MODEL IS TRUTH ITSELF, RATHER THAN A TOOL FOR ENGINEERS