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Randolph M. Nesse
(10 Jul 1948 - )
American physician and evolutionary biologist whose research encompasses evolutionary aspects of psychology, medicine, emotions and mood. He has written several books, including Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine (1994).
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Science Quotes by Randolph M. Nesse (1 quote)
I can’t prove it, but I’m pretty sure that people gain a selective advantage from believing in things they can’t prove.
— Randolph M. Nesse
In David Stokes, Nicholas Wilson and Martha Mador, Entrepreneurship (2009), 190.
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) -- 
