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If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.

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About James Gilmore Backus

James Gilmore Backus

James Gilmore Backus

James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio - July 3, 1989 in Los Angeles, California) was a radio, television, film actor, character actor, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike, III, of the Alan Young radio show, Joan Davis' husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan , James Dean's father in Rebel Without a Cause , and Thurston Howell, III, on the 1960s hit sitcom Gilligan's Island. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show , also known as Hot off the Wire.

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