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Originally Posted by Wide-O
People like Kelly and for example John Yudkin deserve a statue for the research they have done, despite all the ridicule they had coming their way. And, in a way, so does Atkins.
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I don't know who those people are or what they've researched (
actually, I may, but they're not ringing any bells at the moment), but...
"All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident."
— Arthur Schopenhauer
"Many things we accept as fact today were ridiculed and opposed in the not-too-distant past; this goes to show that just because an idea is unpopular now doesnt mean it wont be unilaterally accepted in the future."
— Melchor Lim
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win."
— Mahatma Ghandi
"Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption."
— John Stuart Mill
"Ridicule doesn't mean anything - even from people you're supposed to wear knee pads around, like the scientific community.”
— Dwight Schultz
I'll stop there.
Doc