Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps forward (and sometimes backward) are often very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles.
JAMES WATSONBiology has at least 50 more interesting years.
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely.
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DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
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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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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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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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Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.
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If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn’t have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.
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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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Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
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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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