“There are many hypotheses in science that are wrong. That’s perfectly alright, it’s the aperture to finding out what’s right. Science is a self-correcting process. To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny.

The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge and there is no place for it in the endeavor of science. ”

– Carl Sagan

Advancement is impossible when comfort is valued over reality and truth.