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All our current research rates might be dramatically improved if our best scientists don't die all the time.
by andrewchambers 9y ago
All our current research rates might be dramatically improved if our best scientists don't die all the time.
- mrec 9y agoConversely, "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 (Usually paraphrased as "Science advances one funeral at a time.")
- SubiculumCode 9y agoThis is an over used crutch. Any truth in it comes mostly from a tendency to fund senior researchers over junior ones.