Faulting Semmelweiss for being a nutjob (as he was) doesn't excuse the doctors who refused to look at the evidence. That's your intellectual test: How do you r

Faulting Semmelweiss for being a nutjob (as he was) doesn't excuse the doctors who refused to look at the evidence. That's your intellectual test: How do you react when a crazy, unpopular person says something sensible? When the safe thing to do is to just dismiss it?