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To: neolib who wrote (189080)	6/11/2006 5:46:22 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) of 281500

based on the evidence finally being sufficiently good to convince reasonable people is laughable. Do you laugh at Neils Bohr who disputed Einstein's theory on the photoelectric effect, even though by 1922 Einstein's theory was backed by a ton of experimental evidence? There is a strong emotional attachment to the perceived truth, and even "reasonable" people act strangely when their perception of the truth comes under attack. Typically, historians make scientific advances look like some sort of amicable discussion between people in the "know". In reality scientific progress is usually highly illogical, and yes there are always the "tobacco companies" (disbelievers) who fight any new advance tooth and nail. Sometimes the disbelievers are right. Cold fusion, if it exists, still has a lot of work in it to be of any scientific value, never mind practical value. The big money amongst the hot fusion crowd sure didn't like the idea though. It's too easy to conveniently forget how strongly the various sides can make an argument after it is all over. Your idea that it was "obvious" that there was a clear cancer link looks a little less compelling when you watch any 1950's film. The people smoking don't seem awfully aware of the risks they were taking. Just ask Yul Brynner en.wikipedia.org

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