It's a common quip attributed to Max Planck, not really a study. Developed more thoroughly into a theory e.g. by Thomas Kuhn, see his book https://en.wikipedia

It's a common quip attributed to Max Planck, not really a study. Developed more thoroughly into a theory e.g. by Thomas Kuhn, see his book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Re... Some broadly similar ideas in the philosophy or science were also explored by Feyerabend in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Method