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It is very difficult to initiate a discussion on this subject because it is so easy to say everything about nothing, or nothing about everything. This morning we have been seeing how much we can learn from looking at biology, and I think we might also ask the question how much cannot be learned by looking at this discipline.

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Anthony R. Michaelis Hugh Harvey

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© 1973 The European Committee of The Weizmann Institute of Science Switzerland, Zurich

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Eigen, M. (1973). Discussion. In: Michaelis, A.R., Harvey, H. (eds) Scientists in Search of Their Conscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95230-2_3

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