Posted by Kromey at 4:17pm Dec 4 '09In past centuries, the greatest killer of women was fever following childbirth. One woman in six died of this fever. In 1795, Alexander Gordon of Aberdeen suggested that the fevers were infectious processes, and he was able to cure them. The consensus said no. In 1843, Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed puerperal fever was contagious, and presented compelling evidence. The consensus said no. In 1849, Semmelweiss demonstrated that sanitary techniques virtually eliminated puerperal fever in hospitals under his management. The consensus said he was a Jew, ignored him, and dismissed him from his post. There was in fact no agreement on puerperal fever until the start of the twentieth century. Thus the consensus took one hundred and twenty five years to arrive at the right conclusion despite the efforts of the prominent "skeptics" around the world, skeptics who were demeaned and ignored. And despite the constant ongoing deaths of women.
There is no shortage of other examples.
Tell me, when did it start becoming such a vile thing to question the world around you, the foregone conclusions taken by others as "givens"? When did it become so wrong to ask questions, seek answers, and otherwise do the things scientists are supposed to be doing already?
When did scientists give up investigation and questioning, and become mere "yes-men" and stooges and who's only job is to agree with what's already believed?
There is no shortage of other examples.
Tell me, when did it start becoming such a vile thing to question the world around you, the foregone conclusions taken by others as "givens"? When did it become so wrong to ask questions, seek answers, and otherwise do the things scientists are supposed to be doing already?
When did scientists give up investigation and questioning, and become mere "yes-men" and stooges and who's only job is to agree with what's already believed?
Re: Not having read the link... - Kromey