On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>wrote:
> > From: Doug Barton <do...@dougbarton.us> > > > their work has been ignored and/or shouted down since it doesn't fit > > the narrative. > > The usual fate of those who care more about the data than the herd-meme of > the > moment. For a good example of this in action, those who are unfamiliar with > the work of Barbara McClintock should try looking her up. (She actually > stopped publishing because the reception given to her work was so > negative.) > But she won huge praise in the end, which says something ultimately good about the process of science, that it can overcome the shortcomings of its practitioners. > (In honour of the thread, I have carefully picked a female example. Is that > being sensitive, or patronizing? Yes.
