Jared Diamond Quotes:
Ocupation: Scientist
Life: b. September 10, 1937
Birthday: September 10
We scientists have fantasies of being uniquely qualified to make great discoveries. Alas, reality is cruel: most of us are replaceable. For the vast majority of scientific contributions, if scientist X hadn't achieved it that year, scientist Y would have achieved the same result or something very similar soon thereafter.
topic: Science, Reality, Discovery
