She sighed. “We’re just guessing.” “When you have a Ph. D.,… - Gregory Benford

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She sighed. “We’re just guessing.”
“When you have a Ph. D., you call them hypotheses, not guesses.”

Gregory Benford

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Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.

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Alternative Names: Gregory Albert Benford • Greg Benford

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When you have a Ph. D., you call them hypotheses, not guesses.

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She sighed. “We’re just guessing.” “When you have a Ph. D., you call them hypotheses, not guesses.” - Gregory Benford

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