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John Charles Daly
(20 Feb 1914 - 19 Apr 2015)
American broadcaster who was a radio journalist, war correspondent, leading to varied work in television. He was a game show host, particularly remembered for the “What’s My Line” CBS panel show.
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Science Quotes by John Charles Daly (1 quote)
Nice going panel, because that was a tough one. Miss Ross actually designs rocket missiles and satellites for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. And, uh, it’s a strange… actually I must say, and Miss Ross knows it, I was a little bit, uh, surprised to find that Miss Ross was in this work. She is a Master of Science and Mathematics, and during the war years got into it.
— John Charles Daly
As host of TV game, What’s My Line? (22 Jun 1958) after panelist Dorothy Kilgallen successfully questioned Mary G. Ross to determine that she was a designer of rockets. Daly was caught in a confession of his surprise that Ross was in that profession. [Was that because she was a woman? Well, that was in 1958, and times have changed now.]
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.
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