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Gould, who before he died occupied the Agassiz chair, was obsessed by the idea that "truth" (accepted truth, not "actual" truth) is so often swayed by popular culture, and not data.
I just posted a pretty interesting examination of this: http://hubski.com/pub?id=18386 We are all brainwashed to different degrees. IMO we need to teach the fault of belief. We need to raise consciousness of our fallibility. It's the only way we can avoid these types of things. Right and wrong will not help us.