The ones who I train to become scientists go at it like the warriors they should be, overturning existing knowledge and reigning paradigms, each disc… - Robert Sapolsky

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The ones who I train to become scientists go at it like the warriors they should be, overturning existing knowledge and reigning paradigms, each discovery a murder of their scientific ancestors. And if I have trained them well, I must derive whatever satisfaction I can from the inevitability of becoming their Oedipal target someday.

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About Robert Sapolsky

Robert Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is a biologist and author. He is a professor at Stanford University.

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Native Name: Robert Morris Sapolsky
Alternative Names: Robert M. Sapolsky Robert Maurice Sapolsky
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The purpose of science in understanding who we are as humans is not to rob us of our sense of mystery, not to cure us of our sense of mystery. The purpose of science is to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate that mystery. To always use it in a context where we are helping people in trying to resist the forces of ideology that we are all familiar with.

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