For those who might entertain the thought of settled science....there are over 600 scientific fields. As of this date in history....only one single field is settled at present or we are told of it’s settlement. The odds of having a settled science? Statistical wizards would tell you it’d be one in a billion.
Even to this date....there are still hundreds across the globe trying to put down Einstein’s theories....of which some have been on the books for almost a hundred years. Yet the term ‘settled’ has yet to appear on Einstein’s thoughts.
By its very nature, there cannot ever be something that could be honestly called “settled science”.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the scientific method as “a method or procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.” The best hypotheses lead to predictions that can be tested in various ways, including making further observations about nature. In general, the strongest tests of hypotheses come from carefully controlled and replicated experiments that gather empirical data. Depending on how well the tests match the predictions, the original hypothesis may require refinement, alteration, expansion or even rejection. If a particular hypothesis becomes very well supported a general theory may be developed.
The “climate scientists” have run roughshod over this process, first constructing a conclusion, THEN going back and trying to fit highly selective facts to the conclusion. By ignoring some, or even much, of the data observed, and applying something called “the finagle factor”, Voila! - the “right” answer comes out. This is the method of the charlatans and the snake-oil salesmen, and has as much to do with true science, as long philosophical arguments concerning how many angels may dance upon the point of a pin.
At this point, they are just talking out their rectal orifices.
When bureaucrats regulate science, disagreeing with them lands you in the gulag - like with man made global warming. Its the entrenched academics who live off government grants who are most vocal that global warming deniers be detained and eliminated. Afterall, that upsets their applecart of perpetual employment at the expense of the taxpaying serfs.
I don’t know any nerds that are trying to put down Einstein’s work, but they are trying to improve some problems with general relativity. In particular we need to determine the true value of his cosmological constant to determine the true geometric nature of the universe. Any new theory in all likelihood should reduce to Al’s work under some conditions, just like for slow speeds special relativity is basically Newton’s theory.