[Paradox]

It doesn’t hurt that anyone who seriously questions the theory gets drummed out of the profession.

That's actually not true. The person who finds a crack in it will get a Nobel Prize.

[thoughtomator]

It is true, and denying it doesn’t make it less true.

It is so true that the scientific establishment has resorted to the absurdity of “dark matter” in order to hold onto a cherished, but failed, theory.