It's unfortunate that there can be a tendency (probably in any sentient creature), even among scientists, to double-down to defend prior investment. It got Sem

It's unfortunate that there can be a tendency (probably in any sentient creature), even among scientists, to double-down to defend prior investment. It got Semmelweis put into an insane asylum by his fellow academics and beat to death. And everyone remembering Pasteur instead of him. That was his reward for being correct and saving mothers and their babies -- with his unhinged conspiratorial idea of "washing yor hands is good".