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I believe this quote from J.B.S. Haldane is relevant here: I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: (i) This is worthless
by montalbano 6y ago
I believe this quote from J.B.S. Haldane is relevant here:
I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages:
(i) This is worthless nonsense;
(ii) This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view;
(iii) This is true, but quite unimportant;
(iv) I always said so
- akiselev 6y agoIt's actually pretty impressive when a scientist goes through the full cycle, especially if they're already at the top of their field. Usually, they never make it past (ii) hence the Planck principle: "science advances one funeral at a time" (see The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Kuhn)