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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.

3.5 · 21 votes

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A 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.

4.2 · 34 votes · 121 reads

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All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.

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An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.

5.0 · 39 votes · 155 reads

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Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'

3.4 · 55 votes · 174 reads

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Max Planck

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Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.
3.7 · 40 votes · 66 reads
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It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
4.2 · 51 votes · 2 reads
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No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
3.4 · 60 votes · 109 reads
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Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.
3.7 · 56 votes · 48 reads
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Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.
3.8 · 10 votes · 161 reads
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We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.
4.7 · 46 votes · 143 reads
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