>>14243132>but in lieu of any actual evidence for it the most likely reality is that it does not existGalileo's hypothesis, methods, and tools betrayed the scientific convention of the time and the consensus of the scientific community and yet we widely regard his findings as true today. He didn't have evidence for a large amount of his claims, he simply made them.
Just as one's attitude does not change the truth, our present evidence doesn't change it either, only our perception of it.