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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.