Harrison – Cosmology, Chapter 15, Project 7
The principle of prohibitional correctness characterizes much of human behavior. History is full of examples of the prohibitions of the religiously correct, the artistically correct, the politically correct, and, of course, the scientifically correct. Relativity theory, quantum theory, and the theory of the expanding universe all had to struggle against existing scientifically correct beliefs. Give examples from history of the principle of prohibitional correctness. |