Coriolus posted:
Yes this is all true but are mainstream scientists reluctant to bring forth theories that don't conform to currently accepted theories? I believe this is the case and is widespread within research circles of academia.
You are, of course, incredibly wrong.
"Mainstream" science
loves it when someone whackjob comes up with a brand new way of looking at things... provided that whackjob's
evidence is solid, or at the very least the whackjob has Done The Math Correctly.
I can give you the perfect example.
There was this surfer dude sitting on a beach. He lived out of his van with his girlfriend. He did not nor had he ever had a steady job. He was not affiliated with any corporation or university. He had never published any kind of scientific paper - ever.
He surfed all day, modded-all-night, and in his spare time or when the surfing sucked?
He played around with particle physics.
He managed to come up with a
brilliant idea. An out-there, totally wild idea that directly contradicted "mainstream science".
Better: He Did It Right ... and ... He Did The Math.
When he had his idea to the point he couldn't take it any further on his own he published his little paper in an very obscure and little read, yet respected, scientific journal.
Perhaps you've heard of him?
Surfer Dude's Theory of Everything.
Here's his TED talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theory_of_everything.html
Now of course, his theory isn't proven, and it has some holes in it (that he himself pointed out in his original theory) but it's still a brilliant piece of work and was rapidly acknowledged as such - despite the fact that he was LITERALLY a nobody in the scientific community AND despite the fact that his theory set particle physics on its head.
In short, your ignorant and naive view that scientists are overly dogmatic and incapable of embracing new or even bizarre ideas is patently, and provably, absurd.
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