I once read in Stephen J. Gould's book "Ever Since Darwin" that after Darwin's theory swept through Europe, the aging embryologist Karl Ernst von Baer, who was one of the theory's fiercest opponents, remarked with bitter irony that:
"Every triumphant theory passes through three stages: first it is dismissed as untrue; then it is rejected as contrary to religion; finally, it is accepted as dogma and each scientist claims that he had long appreciated its truth."
Oh well, if even scientists can be so stubborn I guess you can't blame the common man!
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Haha well said!
That's a hell of a quote by the way, thanks for sharing. :)
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