The Stages of Acceptance for a Scientific Fact in Conflict with Religion
Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.
Notes:
A quote often reused by others without attribution.
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