Re: Re: Detox - Germ theory

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An interesting link. In my opinion, Pasteur is ironically responsible for

creating what he was trying to rid the world of (disease). Or maybe he was

just trying to fill his wallet. It is said he reversed his ideas on his

death bed.

-Terry

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> Whereever one may be concerning the germ theory, I think of lot of the

> arguments are kind of silly because they occur in a historical vacuum.

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> Pasteur's theory of germs did not win the day because of good science

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> of the available evidence suggests that he was a poor scientist), but

> rather because he was a good politician. In other words his theory

> gained the ascendency not because of science but because of his

> politiking among those whose opinions mattered in his day.

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> That doesn't mean he was wrong but it should give us cause for pause, as

> I believe even today that many theories become mainstream because some

> supposedly objective governmental body gives their stamp of approval.

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> The fact is Pasteur was opposed in his day by many of his colleagues.

> The " terrain " theory of germs is nothing new and was around during

> Pasteur's day. Pasteur overcame this opposition by politics, not science.

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> The modification of the original germ theory is not occuring, IMO,

> because of new insights, but rather because the political strength that

> once formed its backbone has now waned, as the poor science behind the

> *original* conception of the theory is only too obvious and has caused

> much mischief in my opinion.

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> IOW, Beuchamp and others are receiving the hearing that they were

> originally denied in their own day.

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> Liking

> http://tinyurl.com/3d8n5

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> " They told just the same,

> That just because a tyrant has the might

> By force of arms to murder men downright

> And burn down house and home and leave all flat

> They call the man a captain, just for that.

> But since an outlaw with his little band

> Cannot bring half such mischief on the land

> Or be the cause of so much harm and grief,

> He only earns the title of a thief. "

> --Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale

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