Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, d…

Stephen Jay Gould
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Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition. ✨ 1990 In The Independent, 24 Jan.
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Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition. ✨ 1990 In The Independent, 24 Jan.

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