The all or nothing approach is not working with me. In fact, that has been the basis for what disagreement I've had with your central assertion.
>>>> The truth is that the model made predictions and those predictions can now be tested against observed data and we find the predictions failed spectacularly. <<<<
So says you while entirely ignoring when the "model' as it were does appear to have worked. We are presently standing (or sitting) upon a portion of "it", right about now. That is, unless you have an internet connection that reaches somewhere miles above and beyond the surface of the earth, and are there now, typing, typing, typing...
“The all or nothing approach is not working with me.”
So do you cling to all failed models so long as they got a few things right? By that logic, you should still believe in luminiferous ether, since that model only produced a single failed prediction, and works in other respects. Its track record is far superior to the planetary nebula hypothesis, if you want to start tallying failed predictions.
“So says you while entirely ignoring when the “model’ as it were does appear to have worked. We are presently standing (or sitting) upon a portion of “it”, right about now.”
Are you saying that you think the model is somehow responsible for the planet earth?!? Is your thinking truly so backwards?