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     * [YAGNI](#yagni)
     * [The Fallacies of Distributed Computing](#the-fallacies-of-distributed-computing)
     * [The Principle of Least Astonishment](#the-principle-of-least-astonishment)
+    * [Planck's Principle](#plancks-principle)
 * [Reading List](#reading-list)
 * [Online Resources](#online-resources)
 * [PDF eBook](#pdf-ebook)
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 - [Convention Over Configuration](#todo)
 
+### Planck's Principle
+[Planck's Principle on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_principle)
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+Planck's Principle is often paraphrased as 'Science progresses one funeral at a time'.  
+It was formulated by Max Planck in his autobiography:
+> A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it ...
+> 
+> An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: it rarely happens that Saul becomes Paul. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out, and that the growing generation is familiarized with the ideas from the beginning: another instance of the fact that the future lies with the youth.
+> 
+>  Max Planck, Scientific autobiography, 1950, p. 33, 97
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+Thus, scientific and technological development is limited by how long it takes established scientists/researchers/developers to change their minds or leave the field for good. This is an important reason why paradigm shifts are so hard to achieve and spread. It is related to [Clarke's First Law](#clarkes-three-laws).
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 ## Reading List
 
 If you have found these concepts interesting, you may enjoy the following books.