The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.
The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.
The standard theory may survive as a part of the ultimate theory, or it may turn out to be fundamentally wrong. In either case, it will have been an important way-station, and the next theory will have to be better.
We have failed to protect science against speculative extensions of nature, continuing to assign physical and mathematical properties to hypothetical entities beyond what is observable in nature.
I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary.
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.
If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.
Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.