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The problem is, Paul, that when someone comes up with something out of left field they usually get castigated by the scientific community for being wrong, or crackpots, frauds etc. Science can be an awfully conservative and myopic field to find oneself in. When vested self interests, big money and academic reputations are at stake, the knives truly do come out. By and large, though, most scientists are a pretty congenial mob and willing to be open minded, privately. It's just that most will not go out on a limb to stake their reputations on something entirely new....unless they've got some backing from somewhere or from someone.
That's not to say I support Witt's assumptions, but as I said previously, I haven't read any of his material so I'll reserve judgment till later.
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