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From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: science society Darwinism/ open versus closed systems
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Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 23:07:42 EDT
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I won't comment on the rest of your article, but the following is pure BS:

>           may later  be viewed  as correct)?  Every gradeschooler has heard
>           how the now heralded  theories  of  Copernicus,  Galileo, Kepler,
>           Newton, and  even Einstein  (as well as countless others in other
>           fields) were met with closed doors by the  seats of  knowledge of
>           their day. 

Any gradeschooler who has heard this has heard wrong.

Copernicus and Galileo were rejected by the church, not the scientific
establishment (weak as it may have been in comparison).

Kepler came up with a simpler theory that solved problems the old, epicyclic,
theory couldn't. This is the first I have heard that he was rejected out
of hand.

Newton was a respected scientist and a member of the highest scientific
academy of the day.

Einstein recieved the Nobel Prize for work performed before he discovered
the theories for which he is now famous. The only people who closed their
doors on him were the Nazis who were suspicious of "Jewish Science".

The only person who might fit your description os Gregor Mendel. As it turns
out he actually made up most of his data out of whole cloth... it's no surprise
he remained in obscurity.


What well known unsolved problem does your theory explain... something that
nobody else has come up with a consistant explanation for?
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