Re: Radon and lung cancer

["Ado van Rensburg" <AVANRENS@medic.up.ac.za>]

Raymond wrote:
> 
> Wasn't it Enrico Fermi who once said something to the effect that 'no new
> scientific idea ever wins acceptance based on the merits of the evidence,
> but gains acceptance simple because its critics die off?'
> 
This might be the complete quote:
"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents, 
but rather because its opponents die and a new generation grows up 
that is familiar with it." - Max Planck

What is a scientific truth????

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