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Besides the fact that no scientific theory is "right":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

The big bang theory itself was first formulated by an ordained "chanoine" from the catholic church...

Actually, you need the Laws of Nature's permission. Science is a human attempt to get at them. Showing that you can do something in spite of the current laws of science is how you make them evolve and progress.
If the fact that science had gotten something wrong had meant science could never figure that thing, science would have brought nothing to mankind.
Re:What is a 'Solutions Architect'? on Friday January 11, 2013 @05:49AM (#5042162)
> Am I the only one who finds this worrying?

I share your impression. It's a concatenation of two buzzwords that hold unclear meaning. "Solutions" is too vague and associated in my experience with people who want the product without going to the trouble of exploring the problem and clearly specifying it. "Architect" is a title often describing people who stay too far above the reality of implementing the "Solution".

Job ads have a variation of that annoying tendency: javascript ninja, code rockstar ?

Re:Ask HN: What are good OSX alternatives to iTunes? on Thursday September 06, 2012 @02:41AM (#4483108)
Clementine, it's derived from Amarok's KDE: http://www.clementine-player.org/

It has the nice feature to queue tracks inside a given playlist ('Queue manager.').

Re:Of the biggies who uses Ruby? on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @03:24AM (#4473531)
You got that wrong: ruby is not Rails, but Rails is ruby.

Meaning: any app using Rails is using ruby, so this list matches. OTOH, any app using ruby doesn't necessarily use Rails, so the other way around wouldn't work.

Working with Rails is a subset of what the OP was asking.