“The all or nothing approach is not working with me.”
So do you cling to all failed models so long as they got a few things right? By that logic, you should still believe in luminiferous ether, since that model only produced a single failed prediction, and works in other respects. Its track record is far superior to the planetary nebula hypothesis, if you want to start tallying failed predictions.
“So says you while entirely ignoring when the “model’ as it were does appear to have worked. We are presently standing (or sitting) upon a portion of “it”, right about now.”
Are you saying that you think the model is somehow responsible for the planet earth?!? Is your thinking truly so backwards?
Portions of the thinking (which is the model) go a long way towards describing reasonably enough how things possibly came together.
>>>> Is your thinking truly so backwards? <<<<
At least it's not relying upon salvaging an all or nothing type of rhetorical stance.