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Science is littered with dubunkers who lived to regret their snap decisions that this or that particular concept was rubbish.
I have been re-reading Bill Bryson's "Short History..." for probably the tenth time. Bryson gives richly deserved space to many who have dismissed theories, hypotheses and concepts out of hand without demeaning themselves by actually examining the evidence.
There is one field where such 'debunkers' have the sense to keep their mouths well and truly shut and quietly sneak off into the shadows. This is particle physics, a field which is largely occupied with seeking theories to explain very puzzling observations. The debunkers could have a field day every day in this field but for one thing - they are so far out of their depth that they would make complete goats of themselves the moment they opened their mouths.
In other words, the debunkers are not invincible and many live long enough to be seriously embarrassed by their mindless pronouncements.
Les