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I would not consider the ether theory, (or even the Ptolemaic...we owe ourselves and our students some respect as well. If we're
astronomy) to
be misconceptions. At the time, it served a purpose, and it was not
designed
to mislead.
We owe our predecessors some respect. There are some things we accept
now
that will be overturned in a few years, or a few centuries.