“The intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or false.” — Peter Medawar, Advice to a Young Scientist
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“I do not believe—indeed, I deem it a comic blunder to believe—that the exercise of reason is sufficient to explain our condition and where necessary to remedy it, but I do believe that the exercise of reason is at all times necessary…” — Peter Medawar, The Limits of Science
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“I once spoke to a human geneticist who declared that the notion of intelligence was quite meaningless, so I tried calling him unintelligent. He was annoyed, and it did not appease him when I went on to ask how he came to attach such a clear meaning to the notion of lack of intelligence. We never spoke again.” — Peter Medawar, Advice to a Young Scientist
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“We wring our hands over the miscarriages of technology and take its benefactions for granted.” — Peter Medawar, Presidential Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Exeter, 3 September 1969
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“The bells which toll for mankind are—most of them, anyway—like the bells of Alpine cattle; they are attached to our own necks, and it must be our fault if they do not make a cheerful and harmonious sound.” — Peter Medawar, The Future of Man
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