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"I think Kuhn goes so far as to say that sometimes the old paradigm can only be laid to rest when its last proponents die." Or sometimes the old paradigm turns
by kontorStol 8y ago
"I think Kuhn goes so far as to say that sometimes the old paradigm can only be laid to rest when its last proponents die."
Or sometimes the old paradigm turns into religion
- Merrill 8y 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 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Planck https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Planck Or the shorthand version "Science advances one funeral at at a time."