Title: Every Triumphant Theory

arl Ernst von Baer once remarked with bitter irony that:

 

 

“Every Triumphant Theory passes through Three Stages:

First, it is Dismissed as “Untrue;”

Then it is Rejected as “Contrary to Religion”;

Finally, it is Accepted as Dogma,

 

and each Scientist claims that he had Long Appreciated its Truth.”

 

Karl Ernst von Baer