"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change their minds."
— Murray Gell-Mann
In Science It Often Happens That
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change their minds.
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This observation about scientific open-mindedness is attributed to Murray Gell-Mann, though no specific primary source has been documented. The sentiment reflects a genuine feature of working science that is often absent from public discourse about the field. Gell-Mann demonstrated this quality himself: he revised his own particle physics frameworks multiple times as new experimental data emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.
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