Even without suggesting that all human knowledge be re-thought, we ought to at least _consider_the_possibility_ that centuries of accumulated errors, misjudgements, inaccurate observations, erroneous evaluations of data, etc., could have emulsified into the Cretin's Porridge now being served up as THE HOLY SOFTWARE SNACK-PACK we refer to as 'OUR BODY OF KNOWLEDGE IN ALL MATTERS SCIENTIFIC'.

 Frank Zappa