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In my mind the job of a natural scientist is to bend over backwards to say something which can be demonstrated to be true or at least which is not of such a nature that there's no way to demonstrate that it's false.
Richard Lewontin
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Richard Lewontin
Age: 92 †
Born: 1929
Born: March 29
Died: 2021
Died: July 4
Biologist
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New York City
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