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OTOH citing Max Planck from there: [1] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Planck https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Planck A new scientific truth does not genera
by LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
OTOH citing Max Planck from there: [1] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Planck https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Planck
A new scientific truth does not generally triumph by persuading its opponents and getting them to admit their errors, but rather by its opponents gradually dying out and giving way to a new generation that is raised on it. … An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: it rarely happens that Saul becomes Paul. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out, and that the growing generation is familiarized with the ideas from the beginning: another instance of the fact that the future lies with the youth.
- ncmncm 5y agoOriginators of new ideas are finally vindicated, and win awards, only after almost all of their opponents have died. The satisfaction is muted.