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Re:Adversarial Collaboration by anonporridge on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:07AM (#32979315)
"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." -- Max Planck
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Re:Adversarial Collaboration by bigmatto on Monday September 26, 2022 @02:40AM (#32980154)
This was not such a problem when science was advancing slowly, but with acceleration of scientific development, this has become the retarding force. If we want to speed up science, we need to find a way of allowing truths to triumph faster.
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