I see your point. Glad I was polite. I will follow up with him. Jeff On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff Berkowitz <pdx...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have used that quote myself many times, always in the sense that author >> Cartwright says is incorrect. > > > I think the author is McKubre. > > Anyway, here is a more complete version of the quote, from the intro to my > book: > > . . . as Max Planck put it, progress in science occurs “funeral by > funeral.” He explained: “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.” > > Planck, M., A Scientific Autobiography, 1948: Philosophical Library, p. 33 > (translated by E. Gaynor) > > > So I sent him a polite email asking why he believed that the more >> conventional interpretation is the wrong one. > > > You might want to send him the full quote. > > - Jed > >
