substantial-freud t1_iqy4vbh wrote on October 3, 2022 at 11:11 PM

Reply to comment by Individual-Jaguar885 in TIL a German scientist named Alfred Wegener was ridiculed in 1912 for advancing the idea that the continents were adrift. Ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.” or “Germanic pseudo-science” and accused Wegener of toying with the evidence to spin himself into “a state of auto-intoxication." by Hot----------Dog

Haha, every downvote you get demonstrates the mechanism at work.

Yes, scientists in the past were wrong and that’s very important to remember but not important enough that you are allowed to question scientists who have produced a conclusion I support!