Tuesday 26 November 2013

10 Scientific Blunders That Could Shake Your Faith In Science

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Cheese gives birth to mice. Tobacco will cure almost any ailment. If you're sick, just slit your veins. The history of science teaches us to question what we think we know. Some scientists who made great discoveries in history were ridiculed and dismissed by the scientific community at the time.

Some scientists who were way off the mark were celebrated; their theories were held as facts for decades or even centuries.

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