[CarolinaGuitarman]

"The evidence of catastrophism is all around you - not up your butt."

I didn't say that catastrophes never happened, or that they haven't affected the history of life. Of course they have; that's what this article is all about. I said that Velikovsky's particular claims were not based on observation but on his imagination, or delusions. They were wrong. He pulled them from his butt, essentially. He was a nut, and deserves his low status among scientists.

[WorkingClassFilth]

It seems to me that the fact that he got out there with a contrarian explanation at a time when uniformitarianism reigned was just too radical for establishment thinkers. No doubt he had a few wild and wooleys, but at least give the man credit for calling the fundamental mechanics what they were/are. When you reflect on it, even hallowed science, in every epoch, essentially pulls their theories out of their butts, too - though highly educated butts they may be.