The Nobel involved in the discovery that ulcers are cause by an infection is a direct example of this problem. The researchers were rather angry about their treatment in a matter that was easy to replicate. "Everyone knew" they must be wrong.
--- On Fri, 5/8/09, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> Subject: [Vo]:Rejecting Nobel class articles and resisting Nobel class discoveries To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 2:05 PM See: J. M. Campanario, Rejecting Nobel class articles and resisting Nobel class discoveries, Departamento de Física, Universidad de Alcalá http://www2.uah.es/jmc/nobel/nobel.html This is an excellent paper! - Jed