Do you guys actually believe this stuff?

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You appear to assume that because there is no science about subject x, there can be no science. Or else that the science must be born adult and fully armored like Athena.

Believe me I don't. I'm actually incredibly open minded in comparison to my peers. But what I'm not sure you understand, which is surprising since you look up to Newton, is that science is inherently empirical and that we address what we can be repeatedly observed under the same conditions. The claims in this material are unobservable (unless you want every paranoid schizophrenic's anecdotal evidence constituting as a foundation for a robust model of reality), thus have no place in a scientific framework. Trying to pass off personal made up theories as being just as worthy as verified, documented, peer reviewed investigations is worthy of scorn, even if the theory were 100% true. You see, even if the claims were true (miraculously?) I personally cannot assume them to be honestly because there is no proof no reason outside of personal inclination, I may as well believe that reason I couldn't find my toothbrush this morning was because I was under psychic attack from an Orion crusader trying to infringe on my free will.

I have provided definitions. Is this not enough?

for now.

I did not say this, nor do I intend to assert it. I'm not the fuzz-head you think I am.

Once you believe in this stuff it's less likely you're gonna be investigating the nature of reality without wanting to prove something in particular, which is a dishonest approach.
I don't think you're a fuzz head you just remind me of all the intelligent but over confident people I met who adopted beliefs that would be unprovable allowing them to construct their own explanation that could never be falsified, allowing them to always be right (and never proved wrong) in their own mind. I don't wish to offend you've just sparked some memories.

The truly revolutionary theories (like Kant and Newton) needed years of solitude before they can be safely revealed to the world without being laughed out of the room.

The circumstances are very, very different these days regarding the academic institutions. For what it's worth my role models are Bacon and Spinoza.

Edit: bad grammar and changed a sentence as I realise it was bit misleading and possibly offensive.