# Simpsons 1/29

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 30, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-29/342150 "2006-01-30T01:43:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-29/342150/41 "2006-02-01T16:38:44Z")

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> [@asterion](#):
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> I liked the bloody “ontology recapitulates philology” in Homer’s brain.

Actually, I think that the bloody writing was “Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” – which is the proper phrasing of that maxim. Of course, I’m sure that even the “intellectual” Homer is a little mixed up about evolutionary biology.

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