The Conversation

Max Planck knew that scientific progress came from inspiring new thinkers. Thomas Kuhn saw that paradigm shifts don't happen step-by-step but instead require an entire reimagining of what's possible. Asimov, Sagan, Einstein, Schopenhauer - they all understood that questioning, challenging, and even being misunderstood is just part of pushing science forward.

When we question everything, even our most cherished assumptions, that's when science is doing its best work.

I believe our ideas will withstand.

Let's talk and work this all out together.

Remember this: It doesn't matter what degrees you hold, what expertise you bring, or what qualifications line your resume. If you're here, engaging in these discussions, you have something valuable to offer. I have seen it time and time again. Your voice, your perspective, your experiences - each idea and perspective you offer adds depth and richness that no title or credential can replicate. We're all in this together, and every contribution matters.

Speak up, call experts out when they get something wrong (including me), share your insights, and know that you're making a real impact.

Know that we are making a real impact.

Changed Minds Change Lives

New Ideas? Resistance. Breakthroughs? Dismissal. Challenging Expertise? Ridicule.

Walk With Me & the Greatest Scientific Minds: Hear Their Lessons & See Their Vision

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.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

There are individuals who can support you, but frequently, you have to risk putting yourself out there - and sometimes you just have to push.