To: proxy_user
I remember the scorn heaped on the first researcher to say that ulcers were caused by bacteria. He overturned a lot of received wisdom.
15 posted on
02/08/2007 5:10:02 PM PST by
gcruse
(http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
To: gcruse
True, but he was only right in 80% of cases. Someone has to be in the other 20%.
To: gcruse
"I remember the scorn heaped on the first researcher to say that ulcers were caused by bacteria. He overturned a lot of received wisdom."
Yes. Scorn, derision, ridicule. Bacteria that thrive in the acid environment of the stomach? LOL, snort, snicker, shake your head at the silly, silly man.
But, of course, he was right.
Sometimes, science is the most conservative of all religions.
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