“The proof of “sudden” changes (p. 223 to the end) is quite convincing and meritorious. If you had done nothing else but to gather and present in a clear way this mass of evidence, you would have already a considerable merit. Unfortunately, this valuable accomplishment is impaired by the addition of a physical-astronomical theory to which every expert will react with a smile or with anger—according to his temperament; he notices that you know these things only from hearsay—and do not understand them in the real sense, also things that are elementary to him. . . . To the point, I can say in short: catastrophes yes, Venus no.” Pseudoscience1954Immanuel Velikovsky Book:The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe Source: The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe