Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
JAMES WATSONNothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
More James Watson Quotes
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Ultimately, we’ll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.
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Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.
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One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage.
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Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.
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I have been much blessed.
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As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.
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If scientists don’t play God, who will?
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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
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The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don’t have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand.
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No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn’t we?
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I don’t think we are here for anything. We’re just products of evolution. You can say, “Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don’t think there’s a purpose.” But I’m anticipating a good lunch.
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The brain is the last and grandest biological frontier, the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe. It contains hundreds of billions of cells interlinked through trillions of connections. The brain boggles the mind.
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