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Victor Barnouw
(25 May 1915 - 9 May 1989)
Dutch-American anthropologist and author whose books include both non-fiction writing about anthropology, and novels.
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Science Quotes by Victor Barnouw (1 quote)
Our problems lie not in the genes of the common man but in the ambitions of those with power.
— Victor Barnouw
In An Introduction to Anthropology: Volume 2, Ethnology (1971).
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
