Is there a category for cases where unsound, untested ideas become the authoritative opinion of the elites and the establishment? Like, oh, the need for eugenics in 1920, or the simple thermodynamic model of weight gain in 1950 (not to venture into more controversial territory like economics)?
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Date: 2011-01-22 06:05 am (UTC)