Have different kinds of people responded differently to the new table?
Yes, largely by age. Many (but certainly not all) older people don’t like new synthetic theories, but perhaps that’s because because they don’t need them. Some of the harshest criticism of the table has come from senior scientists who said not that the table is wrong but that it only contextualizes information they already knew. I can’t argue with that – if someone has already memorized lists and tables, that person may not need a tool that makes sense of those lists for them. It’s a newcomer, or person seeking a deeper understanding of why the lists and tables are as they are, who appreciates something like the new table. I suspect old timers who knew the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes didn’t think the newfangled theory of plate tectonics told them much – but to those learning geology and to those wanting to know why earthquakes and volcanoes occur where they do, it was an invaluable framework. The new table may not be quite as invaluable, but I think the analogy holds. Your t
