In regards to ether, I think wisp was contrasting the typical view one usually has of ether with his own view. So there is no contradiction here. Wisp has an excellent description of his Wisp Unification Theory
here.
As you are probably noticing, science tends to shut out new ideas if they are much different from accepted paradigms. There is an excellent book written on this very topic that you might find helpful. Its titled, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas S. Kuhn. It probably identifies many of the problems you are experiencing.