Actually there are plenty of examples of consensus being wrong
* the theory of continental drift proposed by Alfred Wegener and supported
by Alexander Du Toit and Arthur Holmes but soundly rejected by most geologists
until indisputable evidence and an acceptable mechanism was presented after 50
years of rejection.
* the theory of symbiogenesis presented by Lynn Margulis and initially
rejected by biologists but now generally accepted.
* the theory of punctuated equilibria proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and
Niles Eldredge which is still debated but becoming more accepted in
evolutionary theory.
* the theory of prions -proteinaceous infectious particles causing
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases- proposed by Stanley B.
Prusiner and at first rejected because pathogenicity was believed to depend on
nucleic acids now widely accepted due to accumulating evidence.
* the theory of Helicobacter pylori as the cause of stomach ulcers. This
theory was first postulated in 1982 by Barry Marshall and Robin Warren however
it was widely rejected by the medical community believing that no bacterium
could survive for long in the acidic environment of the stomach. Marshall
demonstrated his findings by drinking a brew of the bacteria and consequently
developing ulcers, subsequently curing himself with antibiotic medication. In
2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their
work on H. pylori[7]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus
--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Nicholas Geti <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [OT] No global warming since 1995
> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 6:02 PM
> Hey. For once I agree with Ricardo.
> Good comment.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ricardo Aráoz" <[email protected]>
> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 3:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [OT] No global warming since 1995
>
>
> > Stephen Russell wrote:
> >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Michael Madigan
> <[email protected]>
>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Scientific consensus in 1492 was that the
> world was flat.
> >>>
> >>> Scientific consensus in the 1800s was that the
> gorilla didn't exist
> >>>
> >>> Scientific consensus in the 1930s was that the
> Coelacanth was extinct
> >>> for millions of years.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> ------------------------
> >>
> >> 2011 Idiots finally REALIZE that the worlds temp
> is in flux and goes
> >> up and down. The overall trend of this flux
> can be graphed in an
> >> increasing slope.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Reaaaaally nice piece of thought. Because scientific
> consensus was wrong
> > in 3 (Three!!!) isolated points (against billions of
> correct
> > conclusions) then we should ditch scientific consensus
> and instead rely
> > on ....... a consensus table with three seats :
> MadAgain, Minimus, and
> > Petgay. We could add a couple of preachers, GWB,
> Shwarzenegger, and
> > Ronald Reagan's ghost.
> >
> >
> >
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