"To see a promising solution to a dilemma and then just leave it to questionable development at its own pace without trying to aid its implementation would seem a dereliction."
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The Human Predicament: A Way Out? (1985), p. 4
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Roger Wolcott Sperry
Roger Wolcott Sperry (20 August 1913 β 17 April 1994) was a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and pioneer in the sciences of consciousness who, together with David H. Hubel and Torsten Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Medicine, for his independent work in split-brain research.
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