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Yes. In physics good ideas are eventually recognized. There is just too many people in the academia who want to know the truth. It's easy to forget that Einst
by nabla9 5y ago
Yes. In physics good ideas are eventually recognized. There is just too many people in the academia who want to know the truth.
It's easy to forget that Einstein's ideas were not accepted instantly.
Special Theory of Relativity (1905) was very controversial. It was gradually accepted only because nobody could came out with better solution.
Main point of "On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light" was not fully accepted until 20 years later after the evidence came in. Plank wrote a recommendation letter saying that Einstein should get a position despite his crazy idea about light being quantized. Plank did not believe that himself. It took 20 years before others came around.