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.
JAMES WATSONThe brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
More James Watson Quotes
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The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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I don’t think we are here for anything. We’re just products of evolution. You can say, “Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don’t think there’s a purpose.” But I’m anticipating a good lunch.
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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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Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.
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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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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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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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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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If scientists don’t play God, who will?
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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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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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The American public is being sold a very nasty bill of goods about cancer.
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I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
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The brain is the last and grandest biological frontier, the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe. It contains hundreds of billions of cells interlinked through trillions of connections. The brain boggles the mind.
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