I have Read Scientific American in the 50 and 60s, and the crap they publish today is embarrassing.
The true ignorance of that letter is breathtaking.
Consensus science is not science. "Peer" reviews by incestuous small groups of hucksters reviewing each others' fraudulent manipulation of data is NOT science.
The Greatest minds in science of the last 300 years ALL agree on only one thing : The most honest and useful driving force in the advancement of science is...
SKEPTICISM...
With some notable exceptions, most of what has passed muster in “science” is things that people can reproduce.