Snail, it's starting to look to me like 'stalking' isn't as over-the-top a word as it did at first. He's left the discussion. You'd look less lost if you stopped trolling for him.

Regarding Tesla, I could ask 10 random people to name famous people involved with electrical discovery. Edison would be among them because of the light bulb. Would Tesla? I doubt it. If you think having... shifting mod here... if you think getting stuff named after you after you're dead is important, fine. I don't think it was what floated Tesla's boat.

No belief involved in science? Of course there is! Hypotheses are beliefs. Conclusions may be beliefs. The data isn't, but the reason why there are disagreements is because of the different interpretations of what the data proves. The things about science that doesn't involve belief is the data, and the fact that if an experiment is valid, it can be repeated again and again.

You don't have science without hypotheses and interpretations. We need that spark of imagination to learn anything. That's why I think the true evil isn't in belief or non-belief in a thing but in telling other people not to imagine, to dream, and to find their own beliefs. True, some folks will try to prove them and others will be satisfied with what they have, but EVERYBODY gets to decide for themselves... which is probably what pisses a few folks off so much.