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==Notable Examples==

==Notable Examples==

*Sometimes, however, scientists have refused to examine new evidence which could undermine confidence in an established theory. Possibly the best known case of this involved the discoveries of [[Ignaz Semmelweis]] in 19th century [[Vienna]], which led to the [[germ theory of disease]].

*Sometimes, however, scientists have refused to examine new evidence which could undermine confidence in an established theory. Possibly the best known case of this involved the discoveries of [[Ignaz Semmelweis]] in 19th century [[Vienna]], which led to the [[germ theory of disease]].

*Another example is Dutch Darwinist [[Eugène Dubois]] who never gave up his dictatorial control over "his" [[fossils]]. He withdrew them from public and did not allow others to [[Scientific method|scientifically investigate]] them while at the same time he was becoming more and more paranoid. Yet even without evidence available his elementary assertion that ''Pithecanthropus erectus'' ("ape-human that stands upright") was a direct ancestor of modern humans gradually won adherents.<ref>{{cite book

*Another example is [[Dutch]] [[Darwinist]] [[Eugène Dubois]] who never gave up his dictatorial control over "his" [[fossils]]. He withdrew them from public and did not allow others to [[Scientific method|scientifically investigate]] them while at the same time he was becoming more and more [[paranoid]]. Yet even without evidence available his elementary assertion that ''Pithecanthropus erectus'' ("ape-human that stands upright") was a direct ancestor of modern humans gradually won adherents.<ref>{{cite book

|author=Edward J.Larson

|author=Edward J.Larson

|title=Evolution -The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory

|title=Evolution -The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory