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Guess I'll jump in.
Greetings, and Happy Holidays.

Science suffers from the "institutional effect". A bit of study about Wegener and the theory of continental drift shows that very well.

Don't get me wrong, science is good, and must be finding out some sort of truth about the universe, else we wouldn't have microwave ovens. But it is simply that effect, that it is good and works, that makes it even more difficult to come to terms with if new or contrary theories are advanced. Science gets caught up in the academics of it, the grant money, etc.

One example might be perpetual energy research. Now, in fact, because of the quantum "noise", we know that it might be possible.

But think about the interests you would be fighting. The energy companies. Generations of educators, etc. Even if it did exist, it would be a hard sell, some might see it as a boon for mankind, but many, many more would be threatened.