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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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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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Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact).



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It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.



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?

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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We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.



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Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.



Our goal should be to understand our differences.

Our goal should be to understand our differences.



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The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.



Never be the brightest person in the room.

Never be the brightest person in the room.





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Threats alone, are the weapons of the threatened man.



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I've certainly never helped anybody save the day, in any capacity. If anybody is going to understand making a few mistakes, it's me.



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