@liteblackk,
It is true that the
selection of mathematical models, and the attribution to them of the word "satisfactory" is subject to cultural historicism. For example, the Niels Bohr (Compenhagen) interpretation of Quantum Theory leans towards the Eastern mysticism of the Tao which he incorporated into his coat of arms. However, irrespective of the subsequent "dead end" experienced by detractors from QM such as Einstein, the discussion of "scientific progress" and/or "satisfactory explanation" can be assigned to the domain of "philosophy" rather than to "science" itself. (Similar arguments can be pursued in the case ofthe Nazi attitudes to "non-Aryan science").