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A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing opponents an

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing 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, A Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers, 1949

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