Malcolm Gladwell: What if temen and baltimore didn't discover reverse ranscrip tas? There is no field. That's true. My wife would put it in the mysteryu so, you know, into some more powerful than you or me, or anything else, or luck. But if you are looking for one example to be your guide, start with this one, the grace and persistence of howard temman and the obscure virus clubthank you for listening to season four of revisionist history. Revisionist history is brought to you by pushkin industries. Iam malcolm gladwell, i wanted to let you hear them say their names for themselves.
Throughout the 1960s, a biologist named Howard Temin became convinced that something wasn’t right in science’s understanding of viruses. His colleagues dismissed him as a heretic. He turned out to be right — and you're alive today as a result. Season Four ends with a bedtime story about how we should be freed by our doubts, not imprisoned by them.
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