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Irrationality is the past, present and future. Were it not for irrational thinkers like Galileo, we would still be letting ignorant schmucks demand everything orbits us.
Really? Who assumes that?
Violations of the law of physics would cause one to be splattered on the ground; e.g., gravity. Violate the laws of economics and we can get inflation, unemployment and/or depression. Putting out theories with no basis in reality or are contradicted by reality; e.g., global warming, could get one death by hypothermia, frostbite, and a physical existence not seen since the Middle Ages.
I believe its less true the more physical the science.
In each case there is a cabal or clique that sustains itself by promoting these old beliefs despite pile of empirical evidence that grows against them. And so these discredited theories persist until the old-guard proponents either retire or die.
For example, Fred Hoyle, who was regarded as the leading astronomer of his day, was pushing the steady-state theory over the big bang theory right up to the day he died, even after the evidence became overwhelming for the latter. In the same way, it is a safe bet that Jim Hansen will still be preaching the religion of Global Warming on his deathbed. It's just human nature.
The Electric Universe promotes theories of reality that await confirmation.
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The Electric Universe has a well deserved bad reputation, and whining articles like this confirm it.