@COLGeek Like I said, neither did Galileo's heliocentrist theory gain any traction innitially. In fact he was jailed for contradicting the established ptolemeic cosmology, which placed the earth in the center of the universe. The consensus was that Ptolemy's geocentrism was correct, and this consensus lasted from antiquity to a few centuries back. And it took over a hundred years until Galileo's theory 'gained traction' as you say. So the fact that a theory gains traction or not has absolutely nothing to do with its truth value ! Just because a theory is popular does not make it right, and just because a theory is not popular does not make it wrong.
That is why in formal logic the appeal to popularity or majority is considered illogical, as is the appeal to authority and antiquity.
That said, if you think that something is wrong with my theory then you should point out exactly what it is, not resort to these logical fallacies.
That is why in formal logic the appeal to popularity or majority is considered illogical, as is the appeal to authority and antiquity.
That said, if you think that something is wrong with my theory then you should point out exactly what it is, not resort to these logical fallacies.