Comment by profsummergig

1 day ago

"major discovery that would completely upset our understanding of things"

- such things happen regularly.

'"there is no imaginable technology that could do this" is correct.'

- i'm so glad i don't have this mindset.

> such things happen regularly

They do not. The type of foundational discovery that would be required is quite rare. It would equal to the discovery of germs, or DNA.