Hi Carl & All,
Agree Carl and well put mate. Evidence based hypothesise -- the only way to go!
Folks like these, in order to gain support will quite often point out that some of the most important discoveries are made by those who swam against the current (sorry about the pun) which is true.
But, before they gained any real recognition and or support, they had actual evidence to back their claim, or at least provided (as Einstein did) experimental methods to prove their theory which were later undertaken as technology improved and provided support for the theory.
Onya Carl
Best,
Les D