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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: Newman, Edison, Velikovsky
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For every prediction that Velikovsky came close on,
he missed several others.  This perhaps entitles
him to the same scientific respect as Jean Dixon.

Yes, there were (and are) closed-minded scientists
who do not understand the difference between actual
factual knowledge and currently-accepted theorizing.
This confusion gets propagated to the lay audience.
That is indeed a problem.  But cranks and frauds
are by no means immune to this problem..