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I'd be very interested in a follow-up. Have there been any real paradigm shifts since?


Sure. In the last 100 years, "bohr's" non-deterministic quantum physics has all but overtaken "einstein's" deterministic physics. The final nail in the coffin for einstein will be a theory of quantum gravity. Can't get a bigger paradigm shift than switching from a deterministic to a non-deterministic world.


In neuroscience absolutely, from behaviorism, to the cognitive sciences, to modern techniques of every grain size. Psychology is still awash though in pseudoscience.


The increased role of computation and machine learning in many scientific fields is a paradigm shift.




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