"By criticizing our theories we can let our theories die in our stead." - Karl Popper.
"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.
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Date: 2006-08-02 12:16 pm (UTC)"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.