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> the big bang theory was dismissed for decades. Dismissing a theory that is (now known to be) right is not necessarily political; it can be just a mistake. T
by JadeNB 9y ago
> the big bang theory was dismissed for decades.
Dismissing a theory that is (now known to be) right is not necessarily political; it can be just a mistake. There are certainly cliques that are invested in believing the orthodoxy, but there are ways in the hard sciences of absolutely disproving that orthodoxy; and, though they are subject to fierce scrutiny, as they should be, they can be, and have been, accepted after surviving that scrutiny.
- autokad 9y agoit can be but you offered no evidence contrary. the data WAS there, but it conflicted with their well established views, call them political or not - it doesn't matter. it would take a great deal of hubris to say 'yes, all other sciences and research suffer from the human condition, but not physics!'