I don't think that's a fair characterization of how the history of science is taught. There are other examples in these threads, but even in a high school & EEC

I don't think that's a fair characterization of how the history of science is taught. There are other examples in these threads, but even in a high school & EECS-biased undergraduate science education I was exposed to "ether" theories of light propagation and Lamarckian evolution.