Re: History of Scientific Skepticism

Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Mon, 17 Mar 1997 14:07:10 -0800 (PST)


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> A few quotations for your use when people oppose innovation from--:
> The "Eat Your Words" Department
> [skipped]

Just a warning: if you intend to use any of these in a published work,
I'd check the facts a little closer. Some of these are known to be
apocryphal, like the one supposedly from the Patent Commissioner.