• merari42@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    To be very German, here is my favourite Max Planck quote: Scientific Progress marches on one funeral at a time.

    Perhaps it was meant like that. And the old guard that disliked his papers is now dead and progress has been made.

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      2 months ago

      Probably more in context that old professors cling to their contributions as a self worth while young people bring new ideas. Still nice one.