Confusion

Before gravity was discovered, did it not exist?



A father playfully throws his child in the air and knows the child will fall back towards him. Before gravity had its name, was it black magic? Was it blinds faith? Was it stupidity?


Does one have to consciously notice patterns of behaviour (things falling down towards the earth when thrown into the air) in order to justify his actions (throwing his child up in the air for fun)?



I feel like people forget that just because science hasn't figured out a way to explain something, that we should not be so quick to judge that something is a "foolish" "unfounded" or "unjustified" belief.



There are those who openly mock those who believe in "invisible" existences, or powers. Do they forget that germs were not discovered when surgery had long begun in medical practice? Do they forget that at some point, science had not discovered the existence of air, gravity, momentum, and many other "invisible" existences that do indeed affect our conscious world?



A learning mind is one that constantly seeks knowledge, questions it time and again, and is willing to accept that what was once a truth may have to be modified. So if you believe in a fixed truth, unwilling to budge from a pre-discovery era, explain how is it that you think you are not the primitive one?