We have been trained to not think outside the box. In physics, if you think too far outside the box you are a "crackpot" (same as a Conspiracy Theorist, only for physics).

I used to think that General Relativity was the greatest thing ever. It is absolutely genius work, don't get me wrong. It is elegant as fuck, and describes gravity very well within the scope that it works, but it has quite a few problems as well. Everyone knows there is a ton of evidence that suggests it is either incorrect or incomplete. They insist it is "incomplete" and not "incorrect." The create things like Dark Matter and Dark Energy to fill in the gaps. There is no other evidence for either of those things except that the GR equations stop working at those scales.

More importantly though, the way it is taught is completely dogmatic. It is a religion, and physicists insist it is Truth to the point of absurdity. Not all physicists feel that way, but within the community, this is the general theme.

It always annoyed the crap out of me, and that was before I knew about the fuckery in our education. Now, I think GR may be intentionally misleading. Perhaps not in the beginning, but in the way it is taught now as Truth, I think that may be intentional fuckery.