wrote:

This is the classic case; a theory that was roundly rejected by the
establishment, but ended up getting Nobel prizes for the chaps who
persevered despite all the naysayers:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4304290.stm

I don't see any evidence that this theory was
"roundly rejected by the establishment".
See eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori#History

On 11/11/2014 17:03, Timothy Murphy wrote:
wrote:

This is the classic case; a theory that was roundly rejected by the
establishment, but ended up getting Nobel prizes for the chaps who
persevered despite all the naysayers:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4304290.stm

I don't see any evidence that this theory was
"roundly rejected by the establishment".
See eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori#History


Whoever wrote that is being polite. I remember the derision that first
met their findings.

--
Colin Bignell

Nightjar "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote:
On 11/11/2014 17:03, Timothy Murphy wrote:
wrote:

This is the classic case; a theory that was roundly rejected by the
establishment, but ended up getting Nobel prizes for the chaps who
persevered despite all the naysayers:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4304290.stm

I don't see any evidence that this theory was
"roundly rejected by the establishment".
See eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori#History


Whoever wrote that is being polite. I remember the derision that first
met their findings.

Yes, I remember an article in the Sunday Times saying that all the
experts had been against it.

Bill