[jcynix]

More specifically Max Planck wrote: "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 ..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_principle

[throwup238]

Most famously quoted in the Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which seems apt to link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Re...