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Important truths begin as outrageous , or at least uncomfortable , attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time.
From free falling theory to relative theory , from evolution theory to that time and space are only relative concept , almost all truths begin as strange, uncomfortable even outrageous for so many reasons including objective ones as well as subjective ones. They attacks upon the accepted wisdom, neglected the popular authority .However , they ultimately were accepted .
On one hand , as far as the objective reasons are concerned , since they are truths , to some extent they are predict and anticipated , which surpass the normal persons' rang of understanding, therefore , it is reasonable that many people consider the truths as uncomfortable even outrageous. Especially when it comes to the pure science theory which is composed with some complex and puzzling formula which is a hot iron even for some specialists The relative theory is a fitting example : E equals m and square C.Although it seems easy and unimaginable , it is hard even impossible to improve it through the deduce or induce in mathematics and physics for some scientist except Einstein himself. Therefore it is no wonder that when Einstein put up his theory , almost all common scientists jeered and said he must be crazy. So taking into this consideration , we can safely conclude that it is not unreasonable at all that truths begin as strange even outrageous.
On the other hand , as far as the subjective reasons are concerned , it is human nature to remain their accustomed habits , views , ideology , therefore once someone wants to change them, it is inevitable to cause some opposite . Common senses tell us that we are so
emotional that even the contemporary can not evolve it .Hawking one of the greatest physicist of our time is a classical example. when he overcome every obstacle and put up his theory about black hole and then conclude the god is not existing at all. Being accustomed to her belief and still embrace by god , his wife Jane regarded him as uncomfortable. For this reason (of course including others) Jane divorced with Hawking. This example just illustrates that emotion is an important and sometime horrible factor when we are challenged to change ourselves and accept the new truths.
However the truths can survive even thrive from the bias and emotions of the people at that time , and ultimately were accepted and used . We can easily reach this conclusion without going to far. Free falling , relative theory , quantity theory and so on are accepted and popular. In fact as a new things to emergent , it has huge strength to break through the limitation and restraint of old things , which is a classical theory of philosophy about the key character of new things distinct from the old ones. Therefore , in the society level it is this supplement and replacement that spur the advance of the society.
In sum , due to the analysis and reasons mentioned above , which sometimes interwine to form an organic whole an thus become more persuasive than anyone of them , we can conclude that although at the beginning the truth would suffer the supplant however it will ultimately survive and thrive. |
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