The world can seem magical if we're unable, or unwilling, to ask simple questions.
What are some properties of matter---temperature, density, and salinity. Simple mysteries become stairs to an even higher perspective. Now we have an insight into weather fronts as well.
The sun is in the center of our solar system, but it is also moving through space. If our point of reference is in Europe a thousand years ago, then I have to wonder if it's even possible for us to get the right answer. We could get at least part of the way there or we wouldn't be where we are now. Brave men taking small steps is how it happened.
Teaching and indocrination are not the same thing.