Facts are immutable!
In certain fields of knowledge immutable facts are inevitable and necessary. In others they are not, and should not be expected. Your assertion that I would maintain one must see the origins of human flight to believe it exists is a preposterous non-sequitur. If you truly think I must maintain such a position to be consistent, then you should be the last person whom I might expect to see as a participant in rational discourse.
Perhaps if Einstein read your words he would substitute the speed of dumb for the speed of light. In fact, Fester hereby postulates on Einstein's behalf that the speed of dumb far surpasses the speed of light in both amplitude and frequency, as demonstrated by it's pernicious effects on public schools, the Democratic Party, and the proponents of the philosophy of evolution who continually confuse philosophy with science, all of whom have been rendered a muddle of hapless mediocrity.
While I count it a disconcerting experience to live in an age that must witness the speed of dumb in a vaccuum, yet I count it a joy to be called names by those who toil and sweat that we might benefit both directly and indirectly from their self-indulgent pursuits.