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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:59 PM Original message |
Major theories that have been "overthrown" |
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evermind (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. phlogiston |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. caloric and the "ether" theory of electromagetic propagation |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Michelson-Morley Experiment |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Phrenology's a pretty classic example |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Abiogensis? Spontaneous Generation, Cold Fusion, the 4 Humors? |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Intelligent Design |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I thought of that, but he said, "Scientific" |
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mephie00 (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Well then... |
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godless and proud (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Unwashed |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. When was abiogenesis overthrown? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I suspect that the OP meant "spontaneou s generation" |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Yup, Abiogenesis is the original name for Spontaneous Generation |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Reminds me of a story (groan) |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lamarckian evolution (aka, the case of the Midwife Toad) |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Lamarckian evolution |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Human cultures, yes -- that's a good point |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
56. Genes & Cromosomes, no. Expression thereof yes. |
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mephie00 (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Lemarkian, you must mean the Meme Machine ;-) |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lumineferous ether, flogiston |
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The Deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. "Unmoving Earth" and "Constant Universe" |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 06:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Alfred Wegener |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. see Thomas Kuhn |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ptolemy vs. Copernicus |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Didn't a lot of scientific people once believe that |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 06:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. but it is is, isn't it? |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Hollow Earth. Disproved by South Pole Expeditions in the 1880s. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. The existence of an electromagnetic "ether." |
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mephie00 (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. Um, wasn't that a Jules Vern book? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
57. Pellucider |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. A question of utmost gravity |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Steady State Theory: |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Coronium? I don't know if that was ever "major" |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. delete |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's always ... |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ok. Thanks all. |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. non-Euclidean geometries |
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The_Warmth (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. Attempted overthrow... |
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Midnight Rambler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. Atomic structures |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I believe that would be Rutherford and Boyle |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Don't forget Thomson and Dalton! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Phlogiston |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. Gravity |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. Earth Centric Universe. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. Quantum physics over classical physics. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. The theory that mountains were formed by isostatic rebout. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. Earnshaw's theorem |
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mephie00 (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. hmmm... well |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. Here |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. Not a 'theory': Earth is flat. n/t |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. Pentadactyl limbs |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Thats only partially right. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. The ether |
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mephie00 (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. off the top of my head... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
49. The billiard ball concept of the atomic nucleus. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
51. North America being populated via the 'land bridge' 13,000 years ago... |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I think those were determined to be false... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. The theory is falling apart as we speak... |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 05:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I'm a fan of ancient history myself.. |
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