When Einstein explained the theory of relativity, it wasn't that the older physicists eventually came to realize that he was right. What happened instead is that they all died, leaving behind only the younger ones who were less blind to truth.
True!!!
nice reference, have to remember that one
Funnily enough, Einstein spent the the last half of his life opposing the new insights of quantum mechanics, just like older physicists had opposed his theory of relativity.

Tells a lot about the human condition I think.