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, 23:41, November 25, 2008Science journals were biased against DDT.
In the English-speaking world, conservatives and liberals agree that the Galileo and Lamarck episodes were both examples of politicization. The church was wrong to suppress Galileo's arguments against the perfect spherical shape of the moon (he saw proof of mountains) or against the idea that all heavenly bodies revolve around the Earth (he discovered the [[Jovian satellites]]). The Soviet Union was wrong to enshrine [[Lamarckism]] as official evolutionary doctrine.
In the English-speaking world, conservatives and liberals agree that the Galileo and Lamarck episodes were both examples of politicization. The church was wrong to suppress Galileo's arguments against the perfect spherical shape of the moon (he saw proof of mountains) or against the idea that all heavenly bodies revolve around the Earth (he discovered the [[Jovian satellites]]). The Soviet Union was wrong to enshrine [[Lamarckism]] as official evolutionary doctrine.
==Controversial examples==
* Science journals were biased against [[DDT]]. Philip Abelson, editor of ''Science'' informed Dr. Thomas Jukes that ''Science'' would never publish any article on DDT that was not antagonistic. [http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html]
==Education==
What needs to happen and what happens are often entirely different. It's common for there to be a disconnect between a leading theory and the evidence.
What needs to happen and what happens are often entirely different. It's common for there to be a disconnect between a leading theory and the evidence.