“Also seems to me to be irrefutably conclusive proof.
Nevertheless, against such conclusive logic (and don’s ask me to explain), I have a feeling the earth actually is the center and the universe revolves around us “
One might say that from a philosophical or religious perspective that the earth is the center of the universe. I’m not a philosopher or rabbi or theologian. But not from a scientific perspective. It is a simple fact that the universe does not revolve around the earth.
‘continuum of scientific “knowledge”‘
Indeed some scientific conclusions are better supported by empirical evidence than others. As a scientist I have to draw the line at anyone who denies the empirical evidence just as a rabbi would have to draw the line at anyone who questions the authority of Chazal.
(I also object to empirical proofs of God or Torah. If you set out to “prove” something empirically, you accept that it can potentially be disproven, chas v’shalom!)