A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory is innocent until proven guilty...Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent.


The Nemesis Affair: A Story of the Death of the Dinosaurs and the Ways of Science (1986), 195–205

David M. Raup Quotes

A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory is innocent until proven guilty...Continental drift was guilty until proven ...

A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory is innocent until proven guilty...Continental drift was guilty until proven ...

A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory is innocent until proven guilty...Continental drift was guilty until proven ...

A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory is innocent until proven guilty...Continental drift was guilty until proven ...