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No one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter. Most people are ready to believe something based on experiment but the experimenter knows the many little things that could have gone wrong in the experiment.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

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William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
Age: 98 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 23
Died: 2006
Died: August 14
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