good work on this article, I would definitely like to see you expand on this further, each of the people you have mentioned have some considerable details which would fortify the statement you are making here. I too have made the same observations in various fields and believe it has more to do with the human condition than anything else.

Humans dont like to think themselves as being "wrong" and most certainly dont seem to like change that much either. these factors play a huge part when taking on new information which contradicts their current belief systems or data.

This conflict in belief and understanding of new data can lead to cognitive dissonance, the easiest way to deal with cognitive dissonance is to reject the new information and fortify current beliefs.... and this is merely the tip of the iceberg.

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