My own prejudices are exactly the opposite of the functionalists': If …

Francis Crick
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My own prejudices are exactly the opposite of the functionalists': If you want to understand function, study structure. ✨ What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery. Book by Francis Crick, 1988.
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