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1932–2023 Canada

Hubert Reeves (July 13, 1932 – October 13, 2023) was a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science. He had been a Director of Research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique since 1965 and lived in France where he often spoke on television promoting science.

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Our words are built on the objects of our experience. They have acquired their effectiveness by adapting themselves to the occurrences of our everyday world.

We must nevertheless present all possible interpretations for each observation, so that competing theories can be formulated and defended. In science, as elsewhere, intellectual inertia, the fashions of the moment, the weight of institutions, and authoritarianism are always to be feared. Heresies play an essential role by keeping our minds argumentative and alert.

Hubert Reeves (1984)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hubert Reeves (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.