HACKER Q&A
📣 FarhadG

Which modern-day truths do you think may be refuted in the future?


I'm always fasciated by what sort of truths we hold to be true that—we expect or better yet don't expect—to be refuted in the future.

For example, the classical cases in history around classical mechanics, geocentric cosmology, deterministic and predictability relationships, etc.

  👤 praveen9920 Accepted Answer ✓
Countries. The imaginary borders that separates humans from rest of the world.

History teaches us that any borders can be redrawn or eliminated completely.

I wanted to say "religion" but it is proven to be the sticky one.

👤 CM30
Well, I think many ideas we hold about education and how that should work are probably going to be refuted in future. The idea that a physical school or college with lecture halls and classrooms is the 'best' way to learn likely isn't going to hold true much longer, nor are we always going to have teachers/professors standing in front of a class reading from a book/paper/whiteboard/PowerPoint presentation.

I think in future, we're going to figure out much better, more scientifically grounded ways of teaching people, and we'll look back at the current methods of teaching in the same way we do old school medicine with leeches, humors and elements.

Not sure which scientific truths/theories we'll see refuted and replaced though.