One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
JAMES WATSONNothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.
More James Watson Quotes
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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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No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.
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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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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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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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Never be the brightest person in the room.
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Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely.
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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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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
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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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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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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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The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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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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