From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Tue May 15 11:48:00 2007 From: "Joe Corkery jcorkery|-|eyesopen.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: The Kuhn dilemma and a possible solution Message-Id: <-34268-070515100538-22534-NwXtTS/cWcuCtGjinEy0/g=-=server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Joe Corkery Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:13:50 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Joe Corkery [jcorkery[-]eyesopen.com] Sengen Sun sengensun/./yahoo.com wrote: > Kuhn recognized that a significant (or important) > paradigm shift in scientific theories is generally > made by a younger scientist, and is strongly resisted > by the established scientific community, as shown by > the history. But a young scientist also tends to make > naive mistakes in theoretical science, complicating > the standout of a true theoretical revolution. > > I would like to call this dilemma between the young > and the established as the Kuhn dilemma. What is an > appropriate solution for the Kuhn dilemma then? How > about to establish an award for theoretical paradigm > shift? That would be really a good intention worth > praising. But who should be the judges? > The Thomas Kuhn Paradigm Shift Award already exists and is sponsored by OpenEye Scientific Software through the COMP division of the ACS. More information on the award and previous winners can be found at: http://membership.acs.org/c/Comp/awards.html#Anchor-11481 Joe -- Joseph Corkery, M.D. Principal Developer OpenEye Scientific Software, Inc. 222 Third Street, Suite 3120 Cambridge, MA 02142 T: 617-374-8844 F: 617-374-6575