[WorkingClassFilth]

The history of science is nothing if it is not supposition after supposition being overturned. That means the scientists in the status quo crowd have their heads up their butts and like the atmosphere. Sorry to say, but 'Science' is nothing more than another human agency and prone to hubris the same as any other. Velikovsky promoted the idea of catastrophism in an era that rejected the premise. Even a guy in his backyard can see it today.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"The history of science is nothing if it is not supposition after supposition being overturned. That means the scientists in the status quo crowd have their heads up their butts and like the atmosphere."

No, it means nothing of the sort. As for Velikovsky, none of his ideas have been verified, even remotely.

"Sorry to say, but 'Science' is nothing more than another human agency and prone to hubris the same as any other."

And those who know very little of it will be easy marks for a conman like Velikovsky.

"Velikovsky promoted the idea of catastrophism in an era that rejected the premise."

He proposed specific things that were wild-ass fantasies. Catastrophism was not ruled out automatically; what was required was some evidence that the specific catastrophe had some basis in fact. None of Velikovsky's claims were based on fact. When real evidence of catastrophes has been presented, as in the event that killed the dinosaurs, it will get accepted, even if it takes a little time to digest. Velikovsky is not accepted by any sane scientist because none of his claims has a basis in fact.

He did make a lot of money though selling books to the scientifically illiterate.

[bwteim]

"Science' is nothing more than another human agency and prone to hubris the same as any other. "

From "The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation", by Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky.

Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.
-- Dr. Dionysus Lardner, 1838

That birds can be taught to talk better than other animals is explained by the fact that their mouths are Nordic in structure....
-- Professor Hermann Gauch, 1933

We need not hesitate to admit that the Sun is richly stored with inhabitants.
-- Sir William Herschel

X-rays are a hoax.
-- Lord Kelvin, ca. 1900