with apologies to someone

What was the title of the article?

Do you have a link?

Without reading the article it's hard to say, is it about him? Is it a humourous take on his opinion or a twisted view. Maybe he was a teacher of his, years ago, and this piece was contrary to that which he had been taught. I could come up with a million scenarios........

The article you read may have been somewhat mocking of a subject covered by Mr. James - just guessing... but I also see it as a sort of friendly reference...

Thank you, all buddies.

I have updated my post.

All kinds of help are appreciated.

Don't know anything about the man, but here is a bio. Maybe it'll give you a clue.


http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1965/jacob-bio.html

BTW, please don't post an article as such a large image. It makes the pages much too wide,
takes up too much space, and is uncomfortable to read.

What you CAN do is either provide a link to the article, or copy and paste the article, and quote it. Thanks!

Thank you for your info, Phoenix32890.
I have edited my post according to your suggestions.

Perhaps Jacob had argued that "possible" should be a synonym of "actual."