Yeah, just like for years the almighty science told us we were evolved from Neanderthals. Then we find out through new science that isn’t true.
Seems science evolves too, which is fine, that’s what it is supposed to do. But what gets me is that is a ‘fact’ until it’s not and if you question it, you are an idiot.
More recently DNA has demonstrated that White Folks have the highest percentage of Neanderthal DNA, followed by East Asians, and finally Africans with little or no Neanderthal DNA.
It's good to be a Neanderthal!
That is my contention too. Science is evolving and it is also subject to the same human biases and overstatements as any other field especially when political and cultural implications are involved.
I am in agreement with you. The part I disagree with is the field that is supposed to be built on asking questions and finding truth too often degenerates into a dogma that can not be questioned without facing great ridicule and taking both professional and personal risk.
The Science I fell in love with as a child was not the science we have today or maybe it was just I was too naïve to see the problems.