Re:The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Anyone (Score -1)

I disagree that "academics are not open to new ideas". The problem these days is that there are very few "disruptive" ideas. There are few new theories worth exploring; we are mostly nailing down the outer reaches of existing ones, and discovering that what we have got works extremely well.

While this may make sense to you within the confines of academia, it clearly illustrates the problem. From your point of view, anything that does not match the current theories is not worth exploring. This view has been, and will continue to be, counterproductive to the advancement of science. If we are content to merely explore the outer reaches of existing theories, we preclude the possibility of any new paradigm shift.