Wasn't it settled at some point that the Earth was flat, or the center of the universe ?

there is nothing other than chomosomes that determine the geneticmakeup of a lifeform

That is a different science and not relevant here

We used to say it was settled science that the atom was the smallest particle.

and there are still morons that think the earth is flat.

Funnily enough, the flat-Earth movement is actually growing, lol.

Yes... we know that there are smaller particles... but at some point you DO get to pretty much the smallest one

then all you can do is study how they interact

Yeah... don't even get me started on the flat earthers!! LOL

That one is another example of the dumbing down of our educational system!

Dude, lol

There is no "some point" where the science on a matter stops and can never change.

And BTW... the smallest particles we know of are quarks... but we have known about them for a long time

They said the exact same thing about atoms.

It was a long time between atoms and quarks in terms of discovery though.

It wasn't like a few years

yes there is... it is the point at which you no longer have the ability to see the thing in question or it would be too small to exist

We have knows about quarks for at least 50 years

You can't think outside the box on something smaller than a quark ?

If a microscope is invented that can see smaller than a quark, then why not ?

Quarks are pretty frigging small... LOL.

So are atoms

if there were such particles, we do not have the ability to see them

BUT....

way to go @JunoBlade, you just advanced to level 21 <:magahat:772838503239122984>

YET

The main reason we know about such things is because we can see that there are INTERACTIONS

Why do you refuse to believe that further technology COULD change the smallest particle

unless we see interactions BELOW a subatomic level, then we will never be able to even theorize about them

Right, but you don't know that we won't see that at some point

i.e. dark matter... we KNOW it exists... because we can see it's gravitational effect

I don't... but there is not point in arguing about or theorizing about it until we have some evidence of its existence

Okay but what about smaller than quarks.

Nothing smaller than quarks at this time

My point in arguing about smaller than quarks now is because you're seeming to say that settled science can't really change

So is fact considered eternal or changable ?

Or do we say fact is what an actual temperature actually is, as opposed to the measure of that said temperature ?

Because that fact will always be eternal

I never said THAT science is settled

I said SOME sciences are settled

You are getting into esoteric ideas there that really have no basis in science.