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Yes - ironically notable in claiming this was Albert A. Michelson!
Just because a person can make some interesting, and even important,
measurements, it does not mean that this person is necessarily at the
cutting edge of thought about their significance.
I think you miss the point. Michelson was so sure of the completeness
of physics at the end of the nineteenth century that he died believing
that his interferometer result was somehow in error. He didn't believe
in relativity to the very end even though he had contributed its most
convincing demonstration.
Yes - ironically notable in claiming this was Albert A. Michelson!
George, it would be interesting to have a citation for this.
Was there any other notables who claimed this??
Just because a person can make some interesting, and even important,
measurements, it does not mean that this person is necessarily at the
cutting edge of thought about their significance.
Dewey, your meaning is not clear here -- but mox nix -- isn't it reasonable
that there might be some "interesting, and even important" questions which,
upon careful consideration, will lead to a new "paradigm" -- just as Plank's
work with the thermal emission (a pretty humdrum measurement at the time)
lead to QM??
All, are there other times (other than Aristotle's time) when the end of a
science was assumed and the a new "paradigm" blossomed???
At the turn of the century, when the likes of Mickelson thought physics was
complete, were there any other "incidental" questions which turned out to be
as important as the above?
I suppose the aether (or lack thereof) might be considered -- but I don't
think Einstein even knew about this experiment. (???)