I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not.
About Peter Medawar
Sir Peter Brian Medawar was a British biologist and writer, whose works on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance have been fundamental to the medical practice of tissue and organ transplants. For his scientific works, he is regarded as the “father of transplantation”.
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Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.
English-brazilian biologist (1915-1987)
I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not.
English-brazilian biologist (1915-1987)