The Why Files tackles the vexing question of the Electric Universe (Velikovsky version). As usual, the moderator first presents the case *for* the "theory", and then proceeds to debunk it. He also makes a pitch for freedom of inquiry and freedom of speech more generally at the end of the show. And yes, his muppet companion Hecklefish is crazier than usual!
I´m skeptical of Velikovskianism since it strikes me as a secularized mythology or, to be more blunt, a pseudo-religion. It´s an all-encompassing belief system which purports to explain everything (including the Bible) and hence re-enchant the world, a belief system proposed by one man who claimed extraordinary inspiration. In other words, a prophet. That´s not how science is done...or rather, that´s not how science *should* be done. It´s also worse than religion, for if God isn´t real, how did Velikovsky get his inspiration?
A universe filled with plasma might of course be real, but only real science can prove it, not the wild guessing of a Russian-Jewish psychoanalyst...
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