Normal science, the activity in which most scientists inevitably spend almost all their time, is predicated on the assumption that the scientific community knows what the world is like. Much of the success of the enterprise derives from the community’s willingness to defend that assumption, if necessary at considerable cost. | |
— Thomas S. Kuhn | |
From his book: “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions“ | |
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Normal Scientific Assumptions
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