The only mention that I have made about Velikovsky is that he advocated catastrophism and was was treated in an abysmal fashion by the scientific community, who further conspired to prevent publication of his books, .
I have already quoted 170 major impact craters have been logged so far and it is estimated 90% of impact records are lost due to terrestrial dynamics. It is beyond dispute that these were catastrophic events.
Newton is praised for his work with apples, he also dabbled with alchemy
below a fairly rational discussion concerning uniformitarianism and catastrophism
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/04/25/uniformitarian-impact-craters-same-as-it-ever-was/

Same with all this magic-number guff that has been writ large here and which has severely degraded this thread.

Nothing magical at all about it, just cycles of increasing complexity, that may appear as magic to the ignorant that do not understand. Perhaps Donuel could explain with far greater clarity than I