The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.
JAMES WATSONWe’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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A clone of Einstein wouldn’t be stupid, but he wouldn’t necessarily be any genius, either.
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There is only one science, physics: everything else is social work.
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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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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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Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely.
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I have been much blessed.
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
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Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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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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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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Science that leads over the horizon depends on gathering the best minds and enabling them to do what the best minds naturally seek to do: pursue the most thrilling questions of the time.
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If scientists don’t play God, who will?
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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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