“[Creationists] make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”

—  Isaac Asimov

Often attributed as remarks to the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) (1980)
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American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston Uni… 1920–1992

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