Re: conservatism in science (Re: Not conceding on a mild form of the AAH

"Rich Travsky" <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
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> Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> >
> > "Algis Kuliukas" <algis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> > > Paul is quite close to the truth when he attacks the field of
> > paleoanthropology.
> >
> > Not only in PA: it's seen in every science where new insight arises: you
> > always have short-sighted conservative fanatics who are too stupid to
see
> > it: this was so in the times of Vesalius, Galileo, Wegener etc.etc.
> > --Marc

Travsky as usual evading & irrelevant:

> Lysenko. Velikovsky.

There are always short-sighted conservative fanatics who are too stupid to
see it: this was so in the times of Vesalius, Galileo, Wegener, Hardy
etc.etc.



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