Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: net.physics,net.research,net.misc Subject: Re: Newman, Edison, Velikovsky Message-ID: <3101@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 01:33:44 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.3101 Posted: Mon Nov 11 01:33:44 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Nov-85 04:23:10 EST References: <175@tulane.UUCP>, <441@looking.UUCP> <2960@ncsu.UUCP> <180@opus.UUCP> <301@inuxm.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 10 Xref: watmath net.physics:3539 net.research:332 net.misc:8870 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..