Visions of Johannes
So you think Johannes’ theory may be correct?
No, but I cannot convince him of that, or anyone else who has his opinions.
Incidentally, scientists and engineers are just as capable of self-deception as anyone else.
Exactly my point. Not only that, they are capable of being rigorously logical an some questions and totally delusional on others.
And most important, we rely on the corroboration of others to justify our own conjectures. We are all, by definition, incapable of knowing we are crazy (its a corollary to Catch-22). There is no magic formula that automatically yields Truth.