An explanation of my analogy about the "sun going round the earth," since one seems to be needed.

From common sense, individual observation, this appears to be the case. Presumably all of us accept here that the earth, however, actually orbits the sun. Yet, have any of us been up in outer space to verify that this is indeed the case? Or do we accept that this is how things work because it's what science and mathematics tell us? Why are there no accusations that there is a grand conspiracy of scientists who don't want us to accept that the sun orbits the earth?

The absurdity of this suggestion is meant to throw some light on similar claims being made here for another scientific theory. I could illustrate others. This very ceolacanth that's been discussed, for example. I accept that it exists because I've seen pictures of it and read about it. I've never actually seen one myself. If, for some reason, my agenda included denying the existence of the coelacanth, I could claim that its fossils are all fakes, that scientists and the textbooks are full of lies, and that no one could ever convince me that it actually existed unless they showed it to me (a situation which I would of course avoid).

Accepting that the earth orbits the sun is not wishful thinking, it's highly plausible to the point of being certain. Accepting that a fish called a coelacanth exists is not wishful thinking, it's highly plausible to the point of being certain. Accepting that evolution happens is not wishful thinking . . . etc etc.