Most impediments to scientific understanding are conceptual...

Most impediments to scientific understanding are conceptual locks, not factual lacks. Most difficult to dislodge are those biases that escape our scrutiny because they seem so obviously, even ineluctably, just. We know ourselves best and tend to view other creatures as mirrors of our own constitution and social arrangements. ( Aristotle , and nearly two millennia of successors, designated the large bee that leads the swarm as a king.

Stephen Jay Gould Quote About Kings, Mirrors, Views: Most Impediments To Scientific Understanding...

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