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• The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense,… — Kurt Lewin
• First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is… — William James
• There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until… — David M. Raup
• The older theory was, marry an older man because they're more mature. But the new theory is men don't mature. Marry a… — Rita Rudner
• Relativity was a highly technical new theory that gave new meanings to familiar concepts and even to the nature of the theory… — David Cassidy
• What would it mean if there were a theory that explained everything? And just what does "everything" actually mean, anyway? Would this… — Ken Wilber
• Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible. — Peter D. Mitchell
• The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are… — Peter D. Mitchell
• I have this new theory about films. It’s almost like astrology, where if we started on a Tuesday the film will be… — Gus Van Sant
• Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses… — Asa Gray
• The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a… — Ernst Mayr

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