From Scientific Autobiography by Max Planck translated by Frank Gaynor (1949):
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.
How Math works by SMBC Comics
. Source. An amazing representation of Science makes progress funeral by funeral. Steps:- Step 1: Insight
- Step 2: Resistance
- Step 3: Debate
- Step 4: Additional decades of debate
- Step 5: Changing of the guard
- Step 6: Transmission to students