"My practise as a scientist is atheistic. That……" — John B. S. Haldane
"My practise as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god, angel, or devil is going to interfere with its course; and this assumption has been justified by such success as I have achieved in my professional career. I should therefore be intellectually dishonest if I were not also atheistic in the affairs of the world. And I should be a coward if I did not state my theoretical views in public."
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John B. S. Haldane
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53 Quotes by John B. S. Haldane
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