Actually thinking about it. the reason these people reject big new thing is because the have very small minds/vision, this is why they reject anything big.
That is not the same as stupid, but literally they have very real limits to them. They reject these things because they want to keep a very simple and reductionist view of reality that is as minimalistic as possible. And as such no wonder they can't accept new information. Ok, maybe I am getting a little carried away, but then again maybe not. Think, there are both spiritual and other 'energy' based beliefs and systems and I now think that there will be evidence for many of these held within these systems. And there are scientific belief systems. Both have large numbers of followers. Some of the spiritual types do reject scientific knowledge, but as far as I can tell most don't. Many belief systems are quite expansive .vs the reductionism in skeptics. Of course there are scientists with spiritual beliefs etc. But they tend not to be the skeptics of course. I can understand the attraction of a simple model for the world, it is more attractive when trying to understand everything. I am reminded of these immortal words: There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. I now know the aether is real, a fluid aether at that. I was aware of the concept long before I accepted it, but it seemed too complex so I outright rejected it out of distaste. It was too complex and unattractive to tackle. So I can appreciate wishing reality was a bit simpler than I eventually found it to be, and I find looking back at those words above saying them to my past self. Except I don't call myself Horatio. John
