"I'm delighted on a personal level, and I think most scientists are, and most philosophers, I hope."
--Harvard Associate Professor of Philosophy Simon W. Saunders, discussing the earth-shattering discovery that microbial life forms existed on Mars several billion years ago. Saunders teaches an undergraduate course on the philosophy of science.
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