All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of coo…

Aldous Huxley
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All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1933). Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books
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All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1933). Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books

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