funny Darwin quote [...was Re: non random mutations.

From: Brian D Harper (bharper@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 22:10:43 EST

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    At 05:26 PM 2/29/00 -0500, Huxter wrote:

    [...]

    >[...] I can accept some engineers and mathematicians
    >ignorance-based forays into genetics and biology; I cannot accept their
    >continued insistence that they are 'right' despite evidence that they are not.

    This reminded me of quote I found in the tag-line of one of my students:

    "A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a
    black cat which isn't there." -- Darwin

    Anyone happen to know if the quote is genuine, and if so, the context?

    Brian Harper | "If you don't understand
    Associate Professor | something and want to
    Applied Mechanics | sound profound, use the
    The Ohio State University | word 'entropy'"
                                  | -- Morrowitz

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