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Science and policy are often at odds, and when they are it can take decades or even centuries to resolve the disagreement. The [[history of science]] contains several examples of scientists offering theories which ran counter to the official policy of a government or a church, but being told to shut up. [[Galileo]]'s encounter with the Inquisition over the mobility of the Earth is the most famous example, but [[Ignaz Semmelweis]] and the story of childbed fever is a more recent example.

Science and policy are often at odds, and when they are it can take decades or even centuries to resolve the disagreement. The [[history of science]] contains several examples of scientists offering theories which ran counter to the official policy of a government or a church, but being told to shut up. [[Galileo]]'s encounter with the Inquisition over the mobility of the Earth is the most famous example, but [[Ignaz Semmelweis]] and the story of childbed fever is a more recent example.