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Volker Braun
(7 May 1939 - )
German author and playwright whose early career included a short time working in various trades, including printing and as an underground construction worker, before he studied philosophy at university, after which he began writing and producing plays.
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Science Quotes by Volker Braun (1 quote)
A scientist is a man who changes his beliefs according to reality; a theist is a man who changes reality to match his beliefs.
— Volker Braun
In Dave Lane, Isn’t Religion Weird? Quotations for Atheists (2008), 10, with no citation. If you know the primary source, please contact Webmaster, who has meanwhile only tentatively assumed that the quote comes from Volker Braun the German playwright (but has confirmed it is not from Volker Braun the physicist).
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) -- 
