Smart People Say The Stupidest Things Alexis Carrel, an inventor of arterial splicing and clot prevention, on promoting murder. July 10, 2014September 22, 2016 0 Comment Alexis Carrel, contributions to society, sacrifice for the society, social engineering Yes, if only we could sacrifice the people like you, Mr. Carrel, after they make their contributions to society but before they say such stupid things as advocating this sort of murderous social engineering.