A History of the Idea of Glued Linen Armour

[Feinman]

I renounce Highlander Ninjas and their mind-clouding bagpipe weapons! If there is no evidence for something it must be discarded. If there is evidence for something but it doesn't fit into current understanding of a subject, one must maintain an open mind; paradigms have changed repeatedly over the years. The Egyptians were supposedly the most religious people of their time --their temples and shrines are in ruins now; hubris is the enemy of understanding. Not paying attention to evidence is not just the domain of the ignorant; it results in academics believing in and promoting things like the glued linothorax idea... I've known many engineers, scientists, academics; it appears that learning and knowledge is not a light that dispels biases or a key to open closed minds; those unfortunate characteristics are part of the fundamental neural architecture of a person, which is why it is so difficult to change people's minds about anything; it's usually a fool's errand. Unfortunately ignoring evidence is a serious problem --a statement that instantly conjures dozens of modern examples in one's mind.

P.S. I love the phrase "linothorax glue"! I am going to use it along with "horse feathers" and "Chinese drones"! ;8-D