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For Popper a good scientist is the one who is always looking for anomalies
and trying to falsify a scientific theory. And once a theory is falsified, a good
scientist should engage in a paradigm shift and theorize a new scientific theory
and put it to critical test. Also once a scientific theory is falsified, a good scientist
after bringing forward a new theory should include some parts of the old theory
in the new theory. There has to be some connection between the old and the
new theory. Also a good scientist should never try and defend the old theory if it
is refuted. For Popper, scientist should not accept any background thesis as final.
For Kuhn, a good scientist is the one who never gives up the scientific theory
and defends it under whatever condition possible. A scientist should have a
background theory only then observation is possible. A good scientist should
never look for anomalies and even if any arises, he should try and defend the
theory by making minor adjustments in the theory. A good scientist should not
refute the theory on the basis of a single falsification and for a good scientist
once the paradigm shifts, then the whole world changes.