“In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA.”
“Actually, to be honest, this is a useful time to not be knowing what I'll be doing in 2013 or 2014, because really, for the last however many years, I've known what I've been doing for years and years ahead. You get into a cycle of non-reflection, and that gets a bit scary.”
| Kamal Ahmed, Comedian (1966) |
| Sidney Altman, Scientist (1939) |
| Jan Peter Balkenende, Statesman (1956) |
| Anne Baxter, Actress (1923) |
| Joseph Cannon, Politician (1836) |
| Angela Carter, Novelist (1940) |
| Owen Hart, Entertainer (1965) |
| Joseph Joubert, Writer (1754) |
| Edwin Land, Inventor (1909) |
| Frederick Kelly, Athlete (1974) |
| Stanislaw Lec, Poet (1966) |