I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
JAMES WATSONNothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
More James Watson Quotes
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If scientists don’t play God, who will?
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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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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.
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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them.
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You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
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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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Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.
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For all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.
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I have been much blessed.
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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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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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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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Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
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