Are There Resistances In A New Scientific Theory

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Whenever a new scientific theory has been released there will be resistances. This is due to people still being uncertain about the theory, even if scientists are working to prove it, the world still has to fully accept it so there are no resistances which can take quite some time. One of the main reasons of there being resistances in a new theory is because scientists rely on the word of other scientists, they don’t find out for themselves instead they test each other to see if they are getting the same results. Scientific theories only become accepted by facts, otherwise scientific theories wouldn’t go beyond than just being theories, this is where resistance comes in because if the evidence for the theory is not strong enough then there

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