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.
JAMES WATSONNever be the brightest person in the room.
More James Watson Quotes
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
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Never be the brightest person in the room.
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The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn’t believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.
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One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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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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The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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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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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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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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DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
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I have been much blessed.
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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.
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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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