Planck's 'science advances one funeral at a time' breaks down as AI accelerates
paul_cal · x · 2026-10-16
The author invokes Max Planck's famous line that science advances one funeral at a time — old paradigms only win once a generation exits — and argues this mechanism looks increasingly untenable as AI accelerates the pace of scientific progress. Paradigm shifts no longer need to wait for generational turnover, which he sees as a good thing.
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