Germaine Greer flatly contradicted Steinem's account. Others asserted that the law contradicted the Christian faith. However, such assertions are directly contradicted by Ashoka's own inscriptions. In 1998 he gave a lecture where he made statements that contradicted these claims. But, this report is contradicted by later evidence. This is contradicted by textual evidence and evidence from inscriptions. Therefore, the assumption that formula 27 is rational is contradicted. People may hold beliefs in their minds even though they are directly contradicted by facts. Additionally, he frequently contradicted his staunchly conservative viewpoints. He introduced reforms which clearly contradicted local customs. But these claims are contradicted by others. This theory has recently been contradicted by evidence, that identifies "compensatory sample selection". Both of these assumptions, however, have been contradicted. Many of its tenets were later contradicted by Postmodernism. Soviet scientists were forced to denounce any work that contradicted Lysenko.