That was a pretty essay. And pretty much fact-free too. Galileo was hanged? That's news. Go back and actually re-reread what I wrote. And, while you're at it, look at the feature bio for oh, say Wesley Clark, which is the example I produced when olive suggested looking at a feature article BLP as a template for this one. Clearly you weren't paying attention. Collins and Dawkins debating their views on whether or not God exists does not make Collins a controversial figure, whether or not one agrees or disagrees with those views. Hagelin positing that the unified field of physics is bound up in the Marishi's theories of consciousness and SCI, to say nothing of his proposals as to how those theories should be practically applied, are universially rejected by mainstream science and are regarded as the fringiest of the fringe of education, politics and any other field that he dips his toe into.  That might not be apparent from the limited horizons of beautiful downtown Fairfield, but them's the facts, and its our job to report 'em, unpleasant though you may find them.