If scientists don’t play God, who will?
JAMES WATSONKnowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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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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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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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 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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The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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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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Do things as soon as you can. If a decision needs to be made, make it. It gives you more time to change your mind.
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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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I turned against the left wing because they don’t like genetics, because genetics implies that sometimes in life we fail because we have bad genes. They want all failure in life to be due to the evil system.
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Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.
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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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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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I have been much blessed.
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