This week we talk about the dangers of being smart. Join us as we discuss points in time when people laughed in the face of plate tectonics, the heart pumping blood, and washing ones hands after an autopsy and before delivering a baby.

Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/appreciate?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_15514

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genius

http://common-phobias.com/rhabdo/phobia.htm

http://listverse.com/2017/05/26/top-10-cases-of-stolen-science/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth

http://www.cracked.com/article_18822_5-famous-scientists-dismissed-as-morons-in-their-time.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-chemistry/ridiculed-crystal-work-wins-nobel-for-israeli-idUSTRE7941EP20111006

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simson_line

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arago_spot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_Stigler%27s_law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wegener

https://www.medicaldaily.com/mad-scientist-6-scientists-who-were-dismissed-crazy-only-be-proven-right-years-later-362010

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Marshall

https://listverse.com/2013/10/14/10-groundbreaking-women-scientists-written-off-by-history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis