Moby Dick and gravity: how our understanding of truth evolves

As time passes, knowledge increases. Chuck Klosterman explains why things we hold to be true might not be after allWhen you ask smart people if they believe there are major ideas currently accepted by the culture at large that will be proven false, they will say, “There must be. That phenomenon has been experienced by every generation who’s ever lived.” Yet offer those same people a list of contemporary ideas that might fit that description, and they’ll be tempted to reje