On how progress is not completely objective (even in science)

๐Ÿ’Ž On how progress is not completely objective (even in science)

Max Planck, the theoretical physicist who helped lay the groundwork for quantum theory, said: โ€œA 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.โ€

Excerpt from: Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction by Derek Thompson

HT: @rshotton

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