RE
point of clarification
you said ” why do we follow Shmuel (Sept 24) and not science (Sept 22)? Is science incorrect here?”
Those two Septembers are not the same
To be consistent The question should be
Using Gregorian dates:
” why do we follow Shmuel (Oct 7) and not science (Sept 22)? Is science incorrect here?”
or
Using Julian dates
” why do we follow Shmuel (Sept 24) and not science (Oct 5)? Is science incorrect here?”
(I prefer the first way since we use the Gregorian calendar thus we are more familiar with it )