The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.
Meaning of the quote
The quote means that scientists are more focused on finding the right questions to ask rather than just trying to find the right answers. They understand that asking good questions is just as important as getting the correct answers, because it helps them better understand the problem they are studying.
About Claude Levi-Strauss
Claude Levi-Strauss was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthropology at the College de France between 1959 and 1982, was elected a member of the Academie francaise in 1973 and was a member of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris.
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