In either case the idea is quite staggering. But one doesn't always live in the cradle. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. I, on the other hand, say that the purpose of technology is to enable us to grow into the universe.
Science is a self-correcting process.
To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny. It is, indeed, the common fate of human reason to complete its speculative structures as speedily as may be, and only afterwards to enquire whether the foundations are reliable. The most revered thinkers are safely buried. What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.