The Quintessence Of Studying Obsolete Scientific Theories

Global Warming Ether

Sooner or later historians will finally write off this episode of human history as a panic or alarmism and as one of the greatest hoaxes of our times. Wikipedia (if still around) will list it as one of so many obsolete scientific theories.

Like the famous ancient philosophers and medieval alchemists who so fervently believed in ether or the quintessence, today’s scientists (who supposedly represent the scientific consensus) will be proven wrong.

To Teach STEM Education

Without History Of Obsolete Scientific Theories

Is Irresponsible

I have previously written about this subject here, here.

To advance genuine, true scientific progress it is of paramount importance for today’s and future scientists as well as the general population to be aware of/familiar with scientific follies and orthodoxies.

To instill sound skepticism towards science in people is an important goal by itself. Proclaiming scientific knowledge is often not much more than a pretense to impress contemporaries.

Scientists are not disinterested, benevolent human beings. They are as greedy, foolish, and prejudiced like the rest of us.

To The Dismissive Reader

To those who easily dismiss this blog post by reasoning something like that Aristotle, Plato, or the alchemists were no scientists after all: Let’s remind them that these were some of the most preeminent minds of their time and some of them remained highly influential long after their demise.