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The roundness of the earth. Heliocentric solar system. Circulation of blood in the body. Yes they're "a long time ago" (really, a few centuries isn't a long
by madaxe_again 12y ago
The roundness of the earth.
Heliocentric solar system.
Circulation of blood in the body.
Yes they're "a long time ago" (really, a few centuries isn't a long time), but they're the tip of the iceberg of contested knowledge.
- marcus_holmes 12y agoplate tectonics - massively, enormously controversial, it split the entire earth sciences down the middle with much shouting and name-calling. You can still find old geography textbooks that don't refer to it at all. Turned out to be true and a generation of earth scientists went muttering expletives into retirement.
- api 12y agoThose all seem long ago. Are there any in the last, say, 50 years? That's when I'm having trouble thinking of any. Also the roundness of the earth was never as far as I know controversial among the learned. Heliocentricity was only controversial for religious reasons.