Is it possible to prove that the sun doesn't rotate around the earth other than saying "the supporting mathematics are much, MUCH easier if the earth rotates around the sun"? From a relativistic perspective, couldn't you define the earth as being still and everything else as moving relative to it?
One response is that you throw those "known" things out as well, and so on down the rabbit hole.
We prefer theories to be coherent with the rest of our knowledge. Depending on the extent to which you're willing to dispense with that – and to dispense with a huge number of claims we take as settled – sure, you can choose to hold on to basically any view. The question is why you're holding on to that and throwing out the rest.
However, the internet has also provided enclaves for those who wish to embrace ignorance with solidarity.
The big question: are we as a species and a civilization moving forwards, or backwards?
malformed question. do you believe that there is a linear trajectory of "civilization development"? I certainly don't.
Of course, there has been a good way to kill ideas - evidence with real world effect and patient engagement of naysayers over time. It makes me sad as from the 1500s - 1900s we had so much invention and progress and revolutionized people's thinking about the world, and we the heirs of all of that despair that we can't get rid of bad ideas. If so, the fault lies with us, and this fatalistic view is a bad idea that needs to be killed.