[Wonder Warthog]

"I am fed up with brain dead scientists whose proclamations are automatically accepted as wisdom because these men are respectable, which to me means they refuse to step outside the walls of the scientific community.

It's worse than that. Quite a few scientists won't even look over the walls of their own little scientific sub-area. The whole "cold fusion" thing has NOT covered the physics community with glory, IMO. They have NOT followed the true system of science, but rather engaged in "science power politics", in which those who don't adamantly ascribe to the "current wisdom" are denied grants, tenure, and in some cases, driven out of the profession.

Look up the saga of Peter Hagelstein. A true genius, with a huge track record of scientific accomplishment at a very young age. He had the temerity to say that he thought he had a mechanism that could account for the "cold fusion" phenomenon. Instead of true scientific process, he was essentially blackballed, and his career suffered badly.

[B4Ranch]

>>those who don’t adamantly ascribe to the “current wisdom” are denied grants, tenure, and in some cases, driven out of the profession.<<

EXACTLY! We see that here on FR. You know which ones I am referring to.