It’s also proof that an individual scientist can still change the world, in some small way. Believe in yourself and just focus on your work, even if the work is controversial.
(I’m late to the thread, so ~nobody will see this. But it’s the culmination of about five years of work for me, so I wanted to post a small celebratory comment anyway. Thank you to everyone who was supportive, and who kept an open mind. Lots of people chose to throw verbal harassment my way, even offline, but the HN community has always been nice.)