But you're missing the whole point, it was once considered obvious that the world was flat just like you now consider it obvious that Queen Paubi wasn't descended from aliens. And why not, there were tons of reasons for people to think that way. The earth looks more or less flat after all. Not to mention the whole falling off the bottom thing. Most people wouldn't even have considered it an area of science--it was just common sense.

Heck, imagine how hard it must have been for many physicists who grew up with Newtonian physics to grasp the idea that time is relative and that space is curved. Heck, most of them thought that there was nothing left for Physics to do! And then, just like that, it turned out that all those perfect equations weren't so perfect.

And then there's Einstein who never could grasp Quantum physics and all it represented. His universe was smooth and orderly, but quantum mechanics showed it be crazy. It turned out god DID play dice with the universe. Quantum mechanics introduced us to a world where two particles any distance apart could instantly 'communicate' with one another. This was so far outside Einstein's world view that he labeled it a paradox and actually thought it was proof of a flaw in quantum mechanics.