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Re:Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues by molticrystal on Friday February 19, 2021 @09:41PM (#26200994)
Many great examples, for psychology the Freudian Cabal vs Jung and other formulations, the bullying Bohr did to Heisenberg in the interpretation of quantum mechanics[0], and you'll read many accounts from Haidt and Pinker about the social sciences.

The consensus that materializes due to the various pressures at the time might not always be the best for advancement, and at worst it may take decades to overcome.

[0] https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/quantumdrama.htm

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Re:Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues by Gibbon1 on Saturday February 20, 2021 @01:11AM (#26202056)
It feels to me that in some fields after WWII the movement towards logical/numeric theories vs ad hoc behavioral/historical ones lead to actual regressions.

Example from the 1940's through the 1970's it was believed that facial expressions were _learned_ behavior. The guys that proved that facial expressions are innate endured a lot of blowback and ridicule.

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