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"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new g
by martincmartin 10y ago
"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."
-- Max Planck
- Afforess 10y agoA pithy quote, but it does not have to be. There is no reason or law that prevents us from acknowledging our failures in the past and updating our beliefs to the corrected findings of the present. Death is just the minimum bar, the floor, for progress, not the ceiling.
- WalterSear 10y agoThere is a reason: human nature.
- kirubakaran 10y agoPlanck is describing how it is, not how it should be.
- bulatb 10y ago> There is no reason or law that prevents us from acknowledging our failures I'd argue that there is. That law is Goodhart's law. [0] As long as there's a benefit to having people think you're right—in terms of credit, money, power, fame, or even just the satisfaction of believing that you've solved a problem—actually being right will tend to take a backseat to appearing right. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
- ktRolster 10y agoIf that were true, science would move at a much slower rate.