The Nastiest Feud in Science

[Arthur]

A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. But she’s reopened that debate.

Interesting read over at The Atlantic.

Scientists are human, too.

 

[lived666]

Is this really the nastiest feud in science - I was hoping for something more exciting along the lines of there are still scientists that claim the earth is round (ish)

 

[Arthur]

It's just the way they titled the piece.

Keller seems quite nuts. But that has little bearing on whether she's right or not.

I've always bought into the impact hypothesis. But that's also quite irrelevant. The facts might turn out to be quite different.