“There is a general place in your brain, I think, reserved for 'melancholy of relationships past.' It grows and prospers as life progresses, forcing you finally, against your better judgment, to listen to country music.” – Kary Mullis

Invented PCR and was notified about his Nobel Prize in the middle of the night while drunk and surfing

The Cosmological Significance of Time Reversal: https://www.nature.com/articles/218663b0.pdf published when he was 24 years old

In the words of Brian Harfe:

I think he brings out something deranged in people, based on this article: https://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/newsletters/who-the-heck-is-kary-mullis-anyway/

Arooo! Aroo-arooo!