Originally Posted By: TheFallibleFiend
How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments

For example, scientists know, energy is spreading in particle environment in both transversal, both longitudinal waves. It means, to refuse Aether concept, we should always check, if spreading of light through vacuum doesn't follow BOTH these variants.

Mainstream physics ignorants simply ignored one of these variants, which has lead them to bold statements about Aether nonexistence.