In "mortals" what is mr givens opinions with big names

His view is that people with big names are not big people.  Their names and status doesn’t make them better or higher than other people.  He believes that a name doesn’t define a person.  If people hide behind titles, they would be smaller than their name implied.

science.

modern problems require modern solutions.

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