Geocentrism took over 1000 years to "debunk". The Law of CoE might take as long to debunk.
Harry On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Charles Hope <lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Are there any examples of pathological science persisting 20 years without >> being properly debunked? > > > Not to my knowledge. Unless you count things like water memory, which may be > real after all, and acupuncture and chiropractic, which seem to work. > > >> Are there any examples of new science remaining on the fringe for 20 years >> before being finally accepted into the mainstream? > > > Genetics, photography and semiconductors. See: > > http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJcomparison.pdf > > Countless others, such as electric motors, incandescent lights and and > calculators took decades to be developed. They were considered > laboratory curiosities with no future and no practical value. > > - Jed >
