rayon on Instagram: "Science requires sacrifice — not of blood or belief, but of comfort, certainty, and ego. Every breakthrough has come at the cost of something deeply human: time, reputation, sometimes even life. The pursuit of truth doesn’t reward those who seek convenience; it rewards those willing to be wrong a thousand times before being right once. Galileo sacrificed freedom for the sake of heliocentrism, Marie Curie sacrificed health to understand radioactivity, and countless anonymous