The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don't wait until they're dead. Votes: 1
Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. Votes: 6 Lucius Accius
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Votes: 7 Albert Einstein
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. Votes: 6 Henri Poincare