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Originally Posted by julianh72
I thought it would be self-evident that my comments were sarcastic - Velikovsky's publications fall into the same pseudo-science swill-bucket as Covid and 5G conspiracy theories, etc.
For the record, and without any sarcasm: Velikovsky's "theories" weren't taken seriously when he was alive - and they haven't gained any credibility since. (I use quotes for "theories" because Velikovsky's publications do not meet the basic criteria required to be considered to be a scientific theory.)
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Velikovsky might be a fairly common Russian name, so no, your sarcasm was not self-evident.
Science is just another belief system, like all the rest of them over the centuries. It has its own proofs, which are sufficient for its adherents/followers, just like all belief systems have had over time. Science is no different from any of them.