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== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>(1:40:05)</small> ==
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|text = “The progress of science depends less on the accumulation of facts than on the emergence of new ways of thinking about them, often by specialists deeply immersed in a problem.”
|author = ― Stephen Jay Gould (Paleontologist and evolutionary biologist)
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'''S:''' All right, Evan, give us a quote.

'''E:''' The progress of science depends less on the accumulation of facts than on the emergence of new ways of thinking about them, often by specialists deeply immersed in a problem. Stephen Jay Gould.

'''S:''' Great science communicator?

'''B:''' Oh yes. I miss him. I got to read some some of his books again.

'''S:''' I know I read, I read all of his books. I really, you know, I he was very influential in my own science writing deliberately. He he really perfected the essay format of science.

'''B:''' Yeah, he was. You wrote your essay, Steve.

'''S:''' He wrote his essay.

'''B:''' We went there again. Damn.

'''S:''' It all right. Well, thank you all for joining me this week. Thank you.

'''B:''' Steve, anytime.

'''S:''' Bro, and until next week, this is your Skeptics Guide to the Universe.


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