In fact, anyone taking a speculative line of inquiry, with any vigour, will by definition, 'be wrong' probably quite a lot.
Especially if they have to pursue the subject alone, it with a million 'opponents' who are such due as much to ideology than anything else.
Every 'genius' you care to mention will have been 'very wrong' about many things, but because they were 'wrong' about issues that weren't politicized, we don't care.
Dyson is the opposite of a hack, and probably not ideological about whatever it is he wants to talk about ...
... these are exactly the kinds of geniuses we shouldn't mind 'being wrong'.
In fact, anyone taking a speculative line of inquiry, with any vigour, will by definition, 'be wrong' probably quite a lot.
Especially if they have to pursue the subject alone, it with a million 'opponents' who are such due as much to ideology than anything else.
Every 'genius' you care to mention will have been 'very wrong' about many things, but because they were 'wrong' about issues that weren't politicized, we don't care.
Dyson is the opposite of a hack, and probably not ideological about whatever it is he wants to talk about ...
... these are exactly the kinds of geniuses we shouldn't mind 'being wrong'.
We need more Dysons, not fewer.