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Wang Ch’ung
(27 - c. 100)
Chinese philosopher who applied intellectually critical inquiry to interpreting the natural world. He based his views on evidence, and was willing to reject unsupported results of earlier thinkers.
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Science Quotes by Wang Ch’ung (1 quote)
As for the formation of matter, it is never the product of sudden events, but always the outcome of gradual change.
— Wang Ch’ung
In On Equilibrium (1929), trans. Yang JingYi, 71.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
