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Quote by Max Planck
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponent

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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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. – Max Planck

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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. – Max Planck

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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. – Max Planck

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