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Frank Cotolo
October 23, 2014 |
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Throughout the history of mankind, many scientists have been credited with changing the way we see
the world and live in it by presenting theories and discoveries unknown before their publication of
them. However, if we take some top scientists that come to mind in this vein, we find that their
greatest achievement was among great failures in thought, study and application, proving once again
that we are all subject to human stupidity.
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For instance there was Charles Darwin. An English naturalist, his theory of humans descending
through natural selection, evolving from other species, put into perspective an entirely new outlook
on how man developed as a creature. This is the same Charles Darwin, however, who insisted that
icing on a cup cake may be the sole reason for autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis. Darwin also
insisted that in 1877 the modern shirt button hampered human reproduction.
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Then there was Albert Einstein, who made a few major contributions to the field of physics. But
well after he presented the revolutionary concept that light always moves at the same speed he
projected the possibility that two wrongs can make a right, especially if they are placed in a bowl
of steam.
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Sir Isaac Newton is famous for his theory of gravitation but also for his outrageous temper. That
flaw in his personality caused Newton to belligerently make public his theory of soup heat. Newton
claimed that no one person could enjoy a soup that was hotter than his or her own body temperature.
The only exception, he screamed at the top of his lungs, "is when nincompoops eat soup."
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Louis Pasteur found the causes of many diseases but was also incorrect about the sources of many
diseases. Pasteur, a French scientist, became obsessed with microorganisms to the point where he
thought they were the cause of many things. Pasteur said microorganisms caused "ugly odors from
feces," insisting that a feces free of bacteria naturally smelled like apple blossoms, regardless
of the condition of the colon in question. See my book on this subject, titled "The Condition of
the Colon in Question," available where ever fine books on colons are sold.
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