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depr | 6 months ago

I think "just as pop-sci" is a bit generous. https://x.com/C_Kavanagh/status/1956336194352230570 explains it better than I can.

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FrustratedMonky|6 months ago

I think that list applies more to Eric. He is definitely in the 'conspiracy of nefarious forces are aligned against me' camp.

Sabine, I think she was just referring to how institutions can become calcified around certain ideas. The old concept that 'new' ideas need to wait for the founders of old ideas to die off. (can't remember exact quote).

analog31|6 months ago

>>> The old concept that 'new' ideas need to wait for the founders of old ideas to die off. (can't remember exact quote).

I think Paul Feyerabend debunked that idea.

Disclosure: Old physicist.

tux3|6 months ago

Max Planck is the source of the famous quote.

"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"

NitpickLawyer|6 months ago

> Science progresses one funeral at a time