Sir, – As far as I understand it, a scientist is somebody who, with a clear, open and unprejudiced mind, observes phenomena in the natural world.
He or she then examines a particular phenomenon and tries to understand it. As we know from history, many times scientists could not explain or understand a given phenomenon. Yet this didn’t lead them to the conclusion: this can’t possibly exist because we can’t explain it.
This would have been poor science indeed.
Because we all know that apples fell from the trees, even before Newton discovered the law of gravity. – Yours, etc, GERTI MAGEE Oranmore, Co Galway.