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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 [[Scientific evidence|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

|year=2004

|year=2004

|isbn=0812968492

|isbn=0812968492

|page=141-144

|pages=141–144

|pages=368

|pages=368

|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=xzLRvxlJhzkC&dq=Edward+J.+Larson&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=qcykT9LCM4qh4gSCwJGrCQ&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA

|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=xzLRvxlJhzkC&dq=Edward+J.+Larson&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=qcykT9LCM4qh4gSCwJGrCQ&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA

}}</ref>

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==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Exact sciences]]

* [[Exact sciences]]

* [[Scientific method]]

* [[Scientific method]]