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Unfortunately for you, Agassiz's hypotheses about a great many things were useful and correct. But look on the bright side, if a putative belief in creationism
by linksnapzz 9y ago
Unfortunately for you, Agassiz's hypotheses about a great many things were useful and correct.
But look on the bright side, if a putative belief in creationism would prevent anyone from hearing about a given researcher's other & more defensible work; we would all be laughing at that silly creationist Issac Newton.
- arjie 9y agoHey, I can use his results while still decrying him. And I intend to. I call it standing on the shoulders of giants while chipping off their faces. Seriously, though, you're right. One shouldn't dismiss all of people's work just because they were wrong about some things. But whether someone is a 'great scientist' is a bit unimportant in that sense.