A clone of Einstein wouldn’t be stupid, but he wouldn’t necessarily be any genius, either.
JAMES WATSONThe way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.
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The American public is being sold a very nasty bill of goods about cancer.
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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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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.
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Never be the brightest person in the room.
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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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The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.
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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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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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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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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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[As a young man ] I came to the conclusion that the church was just a bunch of fascists that supported Franco. I stopped going on Sunday mornings and watched the birds with my father instead.
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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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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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