Wow, nice graphs. They reminded me of Asimov's essay on The Relativity of Wrong [1]:
The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern "knowledge" is that it is wrong. [...]
My answer to him was, "John, when people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together." [...]
What I've learned about the universe over time looks something like this:
...but what I think I know about the universe over time looks something like this: ...and it's those hills and valleys in my meager understanding of things that makes everything seem amazing and wonderful.The more I learn, the better everything seems to be.