So the little jerks have to eat it. Case in point, Poisson. He was definitely one of those little jerks. He thought that the wave model of light was absolutely preposterous, and he was rewarded for his taunting by seeing his name every day for the rest of his life attached to the very experiment that slapped him in the face with his own ignorance. In fact, that reminds me of another point about science that I meant to make a while ago.
Heated arguments are stupid.
I'm talking about those debates that take place in the scientific arena, not whether or not the 49ers need a new backfield. Scientists think so hard to draw the conclusions that they do, then they get mired in this paper writing competition. Probably the one place that the thought should occur to human beings that fighting gets you nowhere is in the logical mind of a scientist. I'm being a little jerk. Click here for my earthshine link.