Does Science Advance one Funeral at a Time? 科学の進歩は葬式ごとに行われる?

今日のQuote。Quoteって日本語でなんていうのでしょ? 名言? 

“A great 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 Plank (1858-1947)

日本語訳はこちらのページからいただき

新しい科学的真理が勝利をおさめるのは、それの反対者を納得させ、彼等の蒙を啓くことによってではなく、その反対者が最終的に死に絶え、当の新しい科学的真理に慣れ親しんだ新しい世代が成長することによってである。ーマックス・プランク

すごいよね、この辛口。

それが本当か調べた人たちがいるらしい! 島岡先生に教えてもらった。

New science blooms after star researchers die, study finds(MIT news)
Deaths of prominent life scientists tend to be followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers.


引用。
Indeed, when star scientists die, their subfields see a subsequent 8.6 percent increase, on average, of articles by researchers who have not previously collaborated with those star scientists. Moreover, those papers published by the newcomers to these fields are much more likely to be influential and highly cited than other pieces of research.

“The conclusion of this paper is not that stars are bad,” says Azoulay, who has co-authored a new paper detailing the study’s findings. “It’s just that, once safely ensconsed at the top of their fields, maybe they tend to overstay their welcome.”

引用終了。辛口がデータになるとさらに辛口! ここからダウンロードできるので、興味のある方はどうぞ。
Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?(American Economic Review)


今日の教訓 マックス・プランクが言ったこと、本当?

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Discovery is to see what everybody has seen and think what nobody has thought
アイデアをたくさん出してから、悪いアイデアを捨てることを学ぶ

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