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3 Signs a Scientific Consensus Might Be Wrong

Barry Marshall drank bacteria to prove experts wrong. Discover the three structural patterns that reveal when a scientific consensus is about to shatter.

Hyle Editorial·

Barry Marshall drank a beaker full of Helicobacter pylori bacteria to prove ulcers were caused by infection, not stress. The gastroenterology establishment ignored him for a decade. He won the Nobel

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