would we decry the scientists who observed, analyzed and testes how objects fell to the earth merely because they had yet to formulate a complete theory of gravity?
As it happens Galileo did some insightful work using an inclined plane with little speed bumps so a ball rolling down the plane made clacking sounds he could time. He made similar observations on the period of the swinging chandelier in the cathedral during services. No too very long later someone set up a free standing pendulum and observed it over a few hours to see how the plane of the pendulum swing rotated - thus demonstrating that it makes sense to claim the earth revolves. That's science in action.
Folks, if this stuff is of interest I encourage you to go and do some science. Get some meaningful data and see where that leads you. What's real is real. Where the data lead and what will turn out to be the best/most useful model is anyone's guess - and the history of science is full of astounding surprises.