In line with condemning past science for present day ills, the Daily Kos correctly identifies the reason why all coherence is gone, as Donne put it, and blames the slave trade on Copernicus.
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John Donne, in this stanza from The Ecstasy, seems to anticipate the double helix:
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There's a quote attributed to philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer that is much beloved of cranks:
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
I hear Newton is looking for a good lawyer already.
Bob
This just in, Gandhi to blame for World War I.