The rejection of continental drift
by Naomi Oreskes · first published 1999
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…and disinformation (see Merchants of Doubt) documents the four-century-long battle to establish the concept in her books PLATE TECTONICS: The Insiders’ History of the Modern Theory of the Earth and The Rejection of Continental Drift, along with several further articles on the topic. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/naomi-oreskes/pla... http://www.worldcat.org/title/rejection-of-continental-drift...
on “Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?” ↗…scientists to react dismissively to hypotheses associated with pseudoscience, even when the narrower scientific question is perfectly legitimate. Reminds me of the visceral reactions in history, like the Rejection of Continental drift (i.e. high level idea was right, but mechanisms hadn't been pinned down yet). Not claiming that the quantum hypothesis is right, just saying we didn't jump to conclusions.
on “Biology might not be quantum, but its math is quantumlike” ↗