“At Oxford, the young Haldane was frequently asked whether he was related to the "famous John Scott Haldane", his father, and he would answer "That depends on whether you consider identity to be a relationship."”

— J. B. S. Haldane

J.B.S. Haldane, Lecture on BBC Third Program, 1965
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