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Stephen Jay Gould Quotes: I would rather label the whole enterprise of setting a biological value upon groups for what it is: irrelevant, intellectually unsound, and highly injurious.
         

I would rather label the whole enterprise of setting a biological value upon groups for what it is: irrelevant, intellectually unsound, and highly injurious.


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If genius has any common denominator, I would propose breadth of interest and the ability to construct fruitful analogies between fields.



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