Our Scientific Institutions Are F...
Our Scientific Institutions Are Failing Us

Deserts of Plenty by Ralph MacLeod

Episode notes
In the 1980's an upstart names Barry Marshall proved that peptic ulcers were caused not by stress and spicy food but by bacteria. Despite being laughed at, he proved it, and the best gastric researchers in the world had to accept it. Would Dr. Marshall be rewarded or villified today?