To light a lamp as a source of light is about as wasteful o… - J.B.S. Haldane

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To light a lamp as a source of light is about as wasteful of energy as to burn down ones house to roast one's pork.

J.B.S. Haldane

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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964) was a British geneticist and evolutionary biologist.

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Native Name: John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

Alternative Names: J. B. S. Haldane

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I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine.

"The four stages of acceptance:
1. This is worthless nonsense.
2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view.
3. This is true, but quite unimportant.
4. I always said so."

(Review of The Truth About Death, in: Journal of Genetics 1963, Vol. 58, p.464)

My practice as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god, angel or devil is going to interfere with its course; and this assumption has been justified by such success as I have achieved in my professional career. I should therefore be intellectually dishonest if I were not also atheistic in the affairs of the world.

To light a lamp as a source of light is about as wasteful of energy as to burn down ones house to roast one's pork. - J.B.S. Haldane

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