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2 The Fate of Gurus
When Silverbacks Become Stumbling Blocks

"Science is not about being right in the end. Much more important is to conquer unimagined fields, to stimulate, dare new approaches, engender debate. And this, Konrad Lorenz has done like no one else in this branch of biology."

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"Japanese culture does not emphasize the difference between people and animals and so is relatively free from the spell of antianthropomorphism. . . we feel that this has led to many important discoveries."

Jun'ichiro Itani, 1985

Instead of marching onward with perfect vision, science stumbles along behind leaders who occasionally take the wrong alley, after which it turns to other leaders who seem to

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections by a Primatologist. Contributors: Frans De Waal - author. Publisher: Basic Books. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 2001. Page Number: 85.
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