Velikovsky bump!
The man was a genius!
While everyone else was saying "catastrophes NEVER happen, (other than volcanos and earthquakes and such)" Velikovski pointed out that catastrophe was a frequent visitor to our planet from the skies above us, even in the recent past, in historical times, and gave historical testimony demonstrating that truth.
Nowadays, everyone "knows" that catastrophes from the sky are a common occurrence, even while everyone "knows" that Velikovski's theories were wrong.
Scientists likes to point out that Velikovski wasn't a professional scientist, but they forget to take into consideration that Velikovski was, by profession, a historian, and based his theories on historical information, and then backed up his theories with scientific speculation.
Most scientists also seem to be able to ignore that in most cases, Velikovski has been proven right.