Kuhn did science a great service by debunking the linear history of science — the story in which all of history’s scientists are slowly accumulating knowledge and abandoning superstition in a quest for today’s interpretation of reality, which is on a steady trajectory for Truth. Kuhn shows us that this story is a complete fiction based on a regular re-writing of history with every scientific revolution. According to Kuhn, new paradigms (if you’ve ever used the word “paradigm” it’s his fault) of data interpretation arise and become popular in a sort of punctuated evolution. He cautiously understates the epistomological consequences for science in this essay, but you can read between the lines and see your faith in science not shattered but certainly changed for the better.