Deep dive into stupid: Meet the growing group that rejects germ theory https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/deep-dive-into-stupid-meet-the-growing-group-that-rejects-germ-theory/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social … by @BethMarieMole
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The main scientist promoting terrain theory was Antoine Béchamps, a respected scientist at the time, and in fairness at the time the idea that microbes arose from diseased tissue rather than causing the disease was not entirely unreasonable based on 19th century science.
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The problem, of course, is that Pasteur's theory was supported by evidence and had far more explanatory power than Béchamps' theory did. That's why it won out.
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