Readiness to change

As for (ii), Mendeleev was, as indicated, quite ready to change atomic weight assignments from those accepted at his time to avoid significant discrepancies in his tables. This may sound ad hoc, but in fact, and as we already pointed out, some of these contra-predictions could be independently tested and their success in independent tests played an important evidential role—one which, as Brush allows, there is no reason (either historical or methodological) to suggest was any less significant than that played by the prediction of new elements. 

Blume, A. W., Schmaling, K. B. (1998). Regret, substance abuse, and readiness to change in a dually diagnosed sample. Addictive Behaviors, 23, 693-697. 

Rollnick, S., Heather, N., Gold, R., Hall, W. (1992). Development of a short readiness to change questionnaire for use in brief, opportunistic interventions among excessive drinkers. British journal of Addiction, 87, 743-754. 

Keep the broad goal in view, but be ready to change direction ... 

A survey among general managers of Austrian SMEs carried out by ChemKit has shown that the environmental benefits of the new model can have a substantial influence on the readiness to change over to Chemical Leasing (one of the respondents would even be prepared to give away all savings due to the benefit for environmental protection). 

The business world continues to change, and each compaity must be ready to change with it, accepting new ideas in order to remain competitive in tody s marketplace. 

Emaciation, paralysis, even death—one would like to believe that such suffering left the people who ran the Lowell water system remorseful and ready to change their views regarding the advisability of using lead pipes. One s faith would be misplaced. Here is how the superintendent of the Lowell water system, R. J. Thomas, described the state s investigation some twenty years later (emphasis added) ... 

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