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Lord Kenneth Clarke
(13 Jul 1903 - 21 May 1983)
English art historian who became well-known as the knowledgeable, enthusiastic presenter of the popular 13-episode BBC series, Civilisation (1969), for which he was hand-picked by the then-controller of the newly launched BBC2 station.
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Science Quotes by Lord Kenneth Clarke (1 quote)
The spiritual and intellectual decline which has overtaken us in the last thirty years … [may be due] to the diversion of all the best brains to technology.
— Lord Kenneth Clarke
In London Review of Books, 1984.
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) -- 
