> Yes, but wouldn't the response be the same if the host had issued a
> similar challenge to any complex scientific theory? I mean, just
> substitute QED for evolution - who is going to call the show in
> support of QED and then to try to explain the theory to some
> skeptical radio personality? On the other hand, all kinds of cranks
> would probably call in to announce that the Mitchelson-Morley
> experiment actually confirmed the existence of the cosmic ether.
I've been reading Buchholz New Ideas From Dead Economists. He says the reason more appropriate economic ideas have a hard time gaining general acceptance by society is a pundit can always whip an economist in a 15 second sound bite.
Leigh www.leighm.net