A most controversial man

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 06:14 in Psychology & Sociology

Mavericks. People showing great independence of thought*. Some of the greatest discoveries in science have been made by mavericks. Nonsensical untruths have been promulgated by those very same mavericks. Mavericks stimulate the imagination - they lend themselves naturally as protagonists in a stimulating narrative, generating public interest. Heroes like Galileo and denialists like Duesberg all share one thing in common: going against the grain.

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