"All crises begin with the blurring of a paradigm and the consequent loosening of the rules for normal research. .. Or finally, the case that will most concern us here, a crisis may end with the emergence of a new candidate for paradigm and with the ensuing battle over its acceptance."

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Source : Thomas S. Kuhn (2012). “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.84, University of Chicago Press

Thomas Kuhn

#Acceptance Quotes #Words Of Wisdom Quotes #Battle Quotes

“I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them.”

Source : Kresley Cole (2015). “Dead of Winter”, p.179, Simon and Schuster
“I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it through too much rigidity in teaching. If we set out to give as little help as possible to originality in science, we could hardly devise a better plan than our education system. Youngsters ought to be told what is unknown about ourselves and our universe as well as what is known.”
“God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I'm proud of myself.”

Source : "Caster is a cover girl" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2009.
“I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.”
“I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.”
“The trouble is that you won't get the scientists to agree on a course of action. It is almost instinctive in science to accept contrary views, because disagreeing gives you guidance to experimental tests of ideas - your own and those offered by othersâ€¦.”

Source : Interview for the George C. Marshall Institute, September 3, 1997.
“To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.”

Source : "Bring Teachers’ Pay Into This Century" by Sen. Michael Bennet, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 1, 2011.

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