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E. L. Taylor
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Science Quotes by E. L. Taylor (1 quote)
New associations and fresh ideas are more likely to come out of a varied store of memories and experience than out of a collection that is all of one kind.
— E. L. Taylor
As quoted, attributed to Taylor, but without further source details, in W.I.B. Beveridge, The Art of Scientific Investigation (1957), 5. Note: the quote is seen incorrectly attributed to Beveridge in Colin McFarland, Experiment! (2012), 103.
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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