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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Scientist

"Because scientists know that all human beings do not age at the same rate, biological age is measured by how well one's physiological systems are functioning."

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Jacques Derrida Philosopher, Linguist
Scientist

"Why is it apparently the philosopher who is expected to be "easier" and not some scientist or other who is even more inaccessible to the same readers?"

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Scientist

"If there are lessons to be drawn from the sciences, then that should be the concern of everyone, including scientists to the extent that they can make a contribution."

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator
Scientist

"If something comes up that is completely freaky, it's spiritual-looking to the scientist, the first explanation is not going to be that it's God, because the history of that has failed. It would have to be, like, the hundredth explanation."

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Lewis Wolpert Biologist
Scientist

"The image of the disinterested, dispassionate scientist is no less false than that of the mad scientist who is willing to destroy the world for knowledge."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
Scientist

"I am a very bad scientist. I will do anything to make a human being feel better, even if it's unscientific. No scientist worthy of the name could say such a thing."

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