[TML] New power source?

[Knapp]

On Feb 4, 2008 2:26 PM, Jerry W Barrington <jursamaj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 2/4/08 4:09 AM, "Knapp" <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > As you see in the first paragraph he was way ahead of his time and a
> > creative thinker and was hounded for it. Really a sad story in the
> > end. Where would science go if good scientist with strong technique
> > where encouraged to explore the extrem ideas instead of being
> > ridiculed for it?
>
> This is a problem with many brilliant people.  They start out great.  Then
> they lose it.
>
> I read a lot of that article, and it didn't sound like he was hounded.  He
> was selling a cure with no scientific, medical backup.  That's illegal, so
> he went to jail.

Yes, the hounding came from many sources, and I got that info from a
few books I read about him not the Wiki. His views on sex and women
where the real killers plus the fact that he was getting popular. The
medical device was just a way to get him.

Here is more info about the side of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone

What I really find interesting though is not if he where right or
wrong but the whole way the community reacts to him and his work.

"Reich's work and name has become anathema within the academic world.
Medical societies and the FDA, eager to prevent alleged health-fraud,
lead to a court decision to burn Reich's books which mentioned orgone
and discouraged application of his methods by health practitioners."
Wikipedia

What must one do to get this level of attention?

Burning his work? Does that sound like level headed law and science to
you? How many ufo researchers have had their written works burned? How
many doctors use methods that are not backed by scientific
reseach(most)?

Does this sound like a great character and plot for a Traveller adventure?

Douglas E Knapp