Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely.
JAMES WATSONThe 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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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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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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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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As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.
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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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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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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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Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.
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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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I have been much blessed.
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DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
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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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