Otter's Rock

Of course, people don't like changes, no animal would. And of course any new thing would be treated with suspicion by scientific community, but for different reason. Any new theory/discovery should be tested (you can't do it in area of dogmatic thinking). Blind acceptance - that is a good example of dogmatic thinking. And unless you are talking about Stalinist Russia, or something similar, it would go like this:
"What is your positive control?"
"Aha."
"What is you negative control?"
"Are you fraking insane? You can't use that as a negative control because (15 pages of fine print)."

It has nothing to do with dogmatic thinking. Remember I mentioned definition of Pantheism?

"This is not true because God is the creator of the universe (Isaiah 44:24) and therefore separate from it."

After that statement person with scientific thinking would try to find out what controls Isaiah used to prove his theory, and person with dogmatic thinking would feel perfectly satisfied.

The situation, when very famous scientist tries to silence the younger one whose theory contradicts his own, is possible. Has nothing to do with dogmatic thinking - everything to do with calculative, dirty thinking. Unless that old scientist is a total moron, he will see if the new theory is true of false. Besides, such situation is almost impossible in any of Western European societies - it all in open, no cages in the basement where you can do whatever you want - everybody can read you papers and make their own conclusions.

I will reply on your E-mail bit later - have to work. If you prefer, I can put my answer into your LJ, didn't want to do it without your known content (private correspondence and such.)