Planck's constant and the process of scientific discovery

I want to share with you something that may be profitable for anybody with intelligence to keep in mind.  It is a snippet of a story about a scientific discovery, but it isn't the discovery itself, but the process of discovery. With respect to Planck's constant, I came across this:

To save his theory, Planck had to resort to using the then controversial theory of statistical mechanics,[4] which he described as "an act of despair … I was ready to sacrifice any of my previous convictions about physics."

That struck me because of how familiar it seemed to the main objection with cold fusion.  It required that for any particular member of the scientific community to "sacrifice any of my previous convictions about physics."

It is not a sacrifice if it brings you a better situation than what existed before.  But before this could happen, the thought that it is a sacrifice had to be confronted.   Planck had to be willing to confront and overcome his feelings about controversy, which in this case, caused him to resort to an "act of despair".  Could this process be typical of all scientific discoveries?

In the case of cold fusion, the critics did not want to confront the controversy and chose to avoid the feelings of despair that it could have caused.  The phenomenon of cold fusion crossed into their comfort zone, so they attacked the concept as a way of dealing with it.  By doing so, they turned their backs on the possibility of a great discovery.  But it was a mistake to consider it a sacrifice, if it meant that the new discovery could result in great benefits to mankind.

What a pity if cold fusion turns out to be real.