mind food:
"G. Stepherson's locomotive is a fearful monstrosity, a clear example of criminal madbess. We hereby demand that its use be prohibited."
(Proclamation issued by the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1829.)
"We must use all our influence to put a stop to the criminal research on blood transfusion. Injecting someone else's blood into a patient's veins causes almost immediate death, or at the very least, insanity."
(Published in a journal of medicine and surgery in 1925.)
"It is true that Mr. Charles Lindbergh's recent accomplishment deserves recognition. We hope, however, that aviation companies will never be so foolish as to place the lives of their personnel, not to mention passengers, at risk, by attempting to transport them over long distances in machines that are as uncomfortable and unsafe as Mr. Lindbergh's airplane."
(Report issued by a scientific organisation in 1927.)
Do you think science has got ALL the answers today?
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