Episode 3.16: Authority and how it changes; dissent in forcing revision of prevailing views.

Those responsible for maintaining the authority of an established position in any discipline may well reject new ideas simply because they do not understand them sufficiently well, just as they may reject them out of self interest or self preservation. Either way, those with new ideas must until persuaded that they are wrong prosecute them to the limits of their ability. That is the only way established positions ever change.