[the invisib1e hand]

I confess to only skimming, as this thought was forming: the more untethered people become from the truths the great classical scientests honored (God, mainly), the more bizarre (it's aliens!) and less humane the field will become. Again.

"The inspired man will be thought a lunatic."

[glorgau]

I go with the "No space, no time—just events..."

And memories.

[Thatcherite]

"The inspired man will be thought a lunatic."

True, but lunatics are also thought to be lunatics, and they heavily outnumber the inspired. If someone has moonbat ideas it is generally safest to start from the viewpoint that they are probably truly a moonbat and then go from there.

To overcome prejudice the genuinely inspired man needs to bring evidence and secure reasoning to the table. If he does this it is surprising how fast science adopts new ideas even when they overturn cherished preconceptions (which is science's strength and its weakness). Religion is largely impervious to ideas that overturn cherished preconceptions (which is also religion's strength and its weakness).