"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:15:02 -0400, Tom Gardner
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Science by consensus. The majority *IS* always right!

When it comes to science, it's mostly true. And it's so seldom *not*
true, that those rare cases become legends.

--
Ed Huntress

Then you must know the legend of geology, which was completely wrong
by universal consensus until an untainted grad student "discovered"
continental drift, which had been Alfred Wegener's theory that the
scientific community shunned because the Nazis championed him as an
example of Aryan superiority.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/wegener.html
"Wegener's theory found more scattered support after his death, but
the majority of geologists continued to believe in static continents
and land bridges."

I studied Earth Science in high school and could plainly see that the
then-current theory of mountain formation was utter bull****, the
weight of sediment in a deep ocean trench couldn't possibly have
raised an adjacent ridge on land, but it was what all geologists who
wanted a job had to pretend to believe.

The history of Continental Drift is an excellent example of how
political correctness can stifle an entire field of science.

-jsw