Researchers who discover a new idea or method, or just sustain its validity or universality, become personally and professionally vested on their unique positions. Thus, uncompromising intransigence (which often erupts in acrimonious defensiveness) is to be expected in regards to critical and detracting views, which are conveniently dismissed as heretical, no matter how plausible and fact-based they may be. Many an illustrious luminary went to the grave insisting, with unmitigated certainty, that his was the right judgment even when solid proof was provided to the contrary.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:20:19 +0000
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