Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible.
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On the other hand, faced with a new theory, the members of the scientific establishment are often more vulnerable than the lonely innovator.
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The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying it. Thus, the scientific innovator may feel all the more lonely and uncertain.
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