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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.

James Watson

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.
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Competition Research Togetherness Virtual Young
It’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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Employment Important Necessary Yourself
The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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Believe Discover Fast Speed
There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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Physics Science Social Work
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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Mindset Oneself Popular Science Stupidity Success Support
There are many people of color who are very talented.
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Color Different People Talent
If scientists don’t play God, who will?
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God One Liner Play Science
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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Culture Human Imagination Logic Personality Role Science Tradition
Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.
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Adventure Beautiful Character Science Simplicity Spirit Truth
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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Better Change Life Opportunity Place Reality World
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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Believe Father God Himself Lucky Myself Soul
Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
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Age Fundamental Stop Talk Time Value
As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.
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Dreams Education Ourselves Strive
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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Care Children Early Hands Life Lonely Marriage See Time
One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
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Eliminate Gift Greatness Natural Science World
Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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Ideas Important Knowledge Learning

There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.

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