Excellent post and looking forward to the book. I remember reading Kuhn and thinking “surely that can’t be true” re: the paradigm shift due to death, only to watch it play out with the Clovis First theory in Anthropology. Continually rejecting sites such as Meadowcroft and Monte Verde, only to be taken seriously by the next generation.
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Loved this post. I will be in line, figuratively speaking, for the book when it comes out. Interested in this approach of posting portions of the manuscript for critiques before publication. I have a completed manuscript on my specialty of plastic surgery for the general public and, even though the topic is of proven widespread interest and I have confirmed there is no book quite like it, having difficulty finding an agent willing to take it and present to publishers. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. My email is rtbosshardt@aol.com and my blog site is www.beyondplasticme.com.
I look forward to that day! I’m enjoying this method of writing and editing. It imposes a bit of discipline and sufficient reward to make me want to post the next chunk. I will absolutely write you. I’ve gotten great advice from others and have plenty of suggestions to pass along. Look for an email very soon. — Bob
Bob, enjoying Bastiat’s Window. I ran across the following quote a few weeks ago from Max Planck; I’m sure it predates Kuhn.
‘A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.’
Glad you’re enjoying it! I know that quote from Planck and, in writing my piece, saw it this morning, as a matter of fact! I didn’t use it because I had just used Planck’s slightly shorter, blunter version: “Sciences progresses one funeral at a time.” To which I added something like “And health science progresses a few million funerals at a time.”
Excellent post and looking forward to the book. I remember reading Kuhn and thinking “surely that can’t be true” re: the paradigm shift due to death, only to watch it play out with the Clovis First theory in Anthropology. Continually rejecting sites such as Meadowcroft and Monte Verde, only to be taken seriously by the next generation.
Kuhn is, indeed a revelation. Clovis is a great example of the phenomenon. Glad you’re enjoying the writings!
Loved this post. I will be in line, figuratively speaking, for the book when it comes out. Interested in this approach of posting portions of the manuscript for critiques before publication. I have a completed manuscript on my specialty of plastic surgery for the general public and, even though the topic is of proven widespread interest and I have confirmed there is no book quite like it, having difficulty finding an agent willing to take it and present to publishers. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. My email is rtbosshardt@aol.com and my blog site is www.beyondplasticme.com.
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Rick Bosshardt, MD, FACS
I look forward to that day! I’m enjoying this method of writing and editing. It imposes a bit of discipline and sufficient reward to make me want to post the next chunk. I will absolutely write you. I’ve gotten great advice from others and have plenty of suggestions to pass along. Look for an email very soon. — Bob
Bob, enjoying Bastiat’s Window. I ran across the following quote a few weeks ago from Max Planck; I’m sure it predates Kuhn.
‘A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.’
Glad you’re enjoying it! I know that quote from Planck and, in writing my piece, saw it this morning, as a matter of fact! I didn’t use it because I had just used Planck’s slightly shorter, blunter version: “Sciences progresses one funeral at a time.” To which I added something like “And health science progresses a few million funerals at a time.”