Indeed. From Carl Sagan's wonderful The Demon-Haunted World: "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they a

Indeed. From Carl Sagan's wonderful The Demon-Haunted World: "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."