> A good example is Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity
This is a good example, but he didn't go where I expected him to go. A lot of people think the mathematical model of curved spacetime is reality and not our model of reality. As a result, they believe gravity is a pseudoforce, which is an idea for which Einstein took great umbrage.
My point is there's a tendency to take our models as reality rather than representations of reality - and that can lead you to ignoring other possibilities for modeling.
This is a good example, but he didn't go where I expected him to go. A lot of people think the mathematical model of curved spacetime is reality and not our model of reality. As a result, they believe gravity is a pseudoforce, which is an idea for which Einstein took great umbrage.
My point is there's a tendency to take our models as reality rather than representations of reality - and that can lead you to ignoring other possibilities for modeling.