Effective Resistance of the Scientific Community to Scientific Innovations: The Case of Theoretical Geography in the (Post) USSR
Journal: Nauka ta naukoznavstvo
Year: 2025

The scientific community can effectively oppose scientific innovations. At a particular phase of its development, it no longer requires them; in fact, they pose a risk to it. We shall refer to this condition as the "Scientific Society in Status Quo" (SS-SQ). The response of an SS-SQ to a scientific innovation is influenced more by potential threats to its stability than by the innovation's cognitive value or level of development. The concept of the "implicit bunker of normal science" has been ut