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.
JAMES WATSONOur goal should be to understand our differences.
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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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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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Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them.
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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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If scientists don’t play God, who will?
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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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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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One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
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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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It’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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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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Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
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Ultimately, we’ll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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