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WHEN an entirely novel and revolutionary view is put forward by a man of scientific eminence, the critic must endeavour to form a decision between two alternatives, for both of which he must necessarily be, to some extent, unprepared. Either a scientific discovery has been made of such a magnitude as to subvert a whole body of apparently well-founded opinion, or, what is more disturbing still, some incredible error has frustrated in its effect all that we might hope from trained ability, industry, and patient thought. We owe it to science to keep this latter possibility in view, whatever may be the weight of authority which is in the balance.
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FISHER, R. Biometry and Evolution. Nature 126, 246–247 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126246a0
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