When your vision quest changes science

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• protist@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mullis acquired a reputation for erratic behavior at Cetus, once threatening to bring a gun to work; he also engaged in “public lovers’ quarrels” with his then-girlfriend (a fellow chemist at the company) and “nearly came to blows with another scientist” at a staff party, according to California Magazine. White recalled: “It definitely put me in a tough spot. His behavior was so outrageous that the other scientists thought that the only reason I didn’t fire him outright was that he was a friend of mine.”

  After resigning from Cetus in 1986, Mullis served as director of molecular biology for Xytronyx, Inc. in San Diego for two years. While inventing a UV-sensitive ink at Xytronyx, he became skeptical of the existence of the ozone hole.

  And he only goes downhill from there…

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• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Allow me to light my pipe. I’ll sit in my chair by the fire as some kind soul tells me the story…

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