re: #558 Dragonwolf

And that some (not all by any means) leaders of the scientific community expect acceptance without direct observation proof.

何?

All the real scientists I have known or worked with accepted the need to have peers and to communicate with them. It is the kooks who look themselves away.

Also, anywhere I look in the modern world where the scientific process is used, there are the requirements for data, of some sort.

Finally, “direct observation” is not as meaningful as you think it is…. as many physical processes cannot be seen by the human eye, and are often measured indirectly.