[Jtsummers]

> In fact being proven false has not been acknowledged at all by the literary world

You are aware that the book is a novel right? That means it's pretty much all made up. Sometimes novels pull from reality (real people, places, events, etc.), but they are always made up (fictional) stories. So of course it's been proven false, it never happened because it was fiction.

Did you also know that there was never a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man attack on NYC? Shocking!

[like_any_other]

A fictional novel purporting to shed light on real human nature. In that respect it has been shown to be, at a minimum, significantly mistaken.

[notahacker]

it's been no more "proven" to be "significantly mistaken" because six friends from a Polynesian island nation were actually pretty good at helping each other subsist on a Polynesian island than "proven" correct because another kid shoots up a school or some kids got trained by adults to commit war crimes that make Lord of the Flies look tame.

[criddell]

I think The Hobbit has also been proven false. You should add it to your list.