My definition of a scientist is that you can complete the following sentence: ‘he or she has shown that…’,

— Edward O. Wilson, Why Richard Dawkins 'is not a scientist', the survival of the least selfish, and what ants tell us about humans (2014)

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-richard-dawkins-is-no-scientist-the-survival-of-the-least-selfish-and-what-ants-can-tell-us-about-humans-eo-wilson-on-his-new-book-the-meaning-of-human-existence-9849956.html

From a 2014 Independent interview about his new book.

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