Martin Gardner |
Even a great mathematician is almost always unknown to the public. His "adventures" are usually so confined to the interior of his skull that only another mathematician cares to read about them.
Modern science should indeed arouse in all of us a humility before the immensity of the unexplored and a tolerance for crazy hypotheses.
The human mind, or even the mind of a cat, is more interesting in its complexity than an entire galaxy if it is devoid of life.
Debunking bad science should be constant obligation of the science community, even if it takes time away from serious research or seems to be a losing battle.