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“I once spoke to a human geneticist who declared that the notion of intelligence was quite meaningless, so I tried calling him unintelligent. He was annoyed, and it did not appease him when I went on to ask how he came to attach such a clear meaning to the notion of lack of intelligence. We never spoke again.”

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Peter Medawar
Peter Medawar

Peter Medawar was a British biologist and immunologist recognized for his work in transplantation immunology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1960 for his discovery of immunological tolerance. more

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