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also scientists basically love it when current science can't explain something bc it means they can debate and design experiments and try to coax out new theories of how the world works. like the Hubble tension. Dumbasses will be like "omg arrogant scientists are ignoring this huge hole in their theory about the origin of the universe", but actually most cosmologists would be sorely disappointed if it turns out their current theories of the Big Bang can explain it after all and there isn't new physics to be discovered there.
Irks me, too. It's life changing if you figure out those "holes" in existing theories. Einstein did it when quantum physics replaced Newtonian physics, which was already a major accomplishment. That's why everyone on the planet knows who Einstein and Newton are. It's the holy grail of science to find such concrete answers.
Some chud will think he's smarter than people doing actual research because they're willing to say "I don't know. Nobody does." You see this a lot with evolutionary biology and climate science.