Its assimilation requires the reconstruction of prior theory and re-evaluation of prior fact, an intrinsically revolutionary process that … - Thomas Kuhn

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.

Thomas Kuhn

Its assimilation requires the reconstruction of prior theory and re-evaluation of prior fact, an intrinsically revolutionary process that is seldom completed a single man and never overnight

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What a man sees depends both upon what he looks at and also upon what his previous visual-conceptual experience has taught him to see.

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