It doesn't take all that many people who speak from a point of (real or perceived) authority to whip up a scare. Also, most scientists thought continental drift

It doesn't take all that many people who speak from a point of (real or perceived) authority to whip up a scare. Also, most scientists thought continental drift was a hoax [1] - that did not make it less true. [1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-continental-drift-was-considered-pseudoscience-90353214/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-continent...