> You have some novel research that seems to contradict well-established consenus. It comes under close scrutiny, because science tends to be conservative. In

> You have some novel research that seems to contradict well-established consenus. It comes under close scrutiny, because science tends to be conservative. Indeed, even people we nowadays consider brilliant minds of their time, encountered plenty of resistance [0] during these very same times because their proposed ideas just seemed too outrageous. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_theory_of_relativity#A_Hundred_Authors_Against_Einstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_theory_of_rel...