Guessing right for the wrong reason does not merit scientif… - Stephen Jay Gould

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Guessing right for the wrong reason does not merit scientific immortality.

Stephen Jay Gould

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About Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American geologist, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular-science author, who spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He was one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation.

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