Albert Szent-Györgyi, who wrote that "a discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge", divided scientists into two categories: the Apollonians and the Dionysians. He called scientific dissenters, who explored "the fringes of knowledge", Dionysians.
Albert Szent-Györgyi, who stated that "a discovery must be fundamentally contrary to existing knowledge", categorized scientists into two groups: the Apollonians and the Dionysians. He labeled those who questioned established scientific principles as Dionysians.