# The Scientific Mind Does Not So Much Provide the Right Answers as Ask the Right Questions by Claude Lévi-Strauss > "The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions." > **— Claude Lévi-Strauss**, *1960, Methodological reflection* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Methodological reflection, 1960. ## Sources and Context - **Source lead requiring final verification:** [Methodological reflection](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Claude_L%C3%A9vi-Strauss) — the supplied dossier points here, but exact wording, attribution, or complete source context has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary or sufficiently authoritative source. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Scientific Inference|Scientific Inference]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions." — Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1960, Methodological reflection https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-claude-strauss-scientific-mind-much-provide-right ```