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It Is Part Of The Pholosophic Dullness Of Our Time That There Are Millions Of Rational Monsters Walking About On Their Hind Legs, Observing The World Through Pairs Of Flexible Little Lenses, Periodically Supplying Themselves With Energy By Pushing Organic Substances Through Holes In Their Faces, Who See Nothing Fabulous Whatever About Themselves.

Biographical History, As Taught In Our Public Schools, Is Still Largely A History Of Boneheads; Ridiculous Kings And Queens, Paranoid Political Leaders, Compulsive Voyagers, Ignorant General The Flotsam And Jetsam Of Historical Currents. The Men Who Radically Altered History, The Great Scientists And Mathematicians, Are Seldom Mentioned, If At All.

Politicians, Real-estate Agents, Used-car Salesmen, And Advertising Copy-writers Are Expected To Stretch Facts In Self-serving Directions, But Scientists Who Falsify Their Results Are Regarded By Their Peers As Committing An Inexcusable Crime. Yet The Sad Fact Is That The History Of Science Swarms With Cases Of Outright Fakery And Instances Of Scientists Who Unconsciously Distorted Their Work By Seeing It Through Lenses Of Passionately Held Beliefs.

Debunking Bad Science Should Be Constant Obligation Of The Science Community, Even If It Takes Time Away From Serious Research Or Seems To Be A Losing Battle. One Takes Comfort From The Fact There Is No Gresham's Laws In Science. In The Long Run, Good Science Drives Out Bad.

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