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I am thrilled to see my genome.
James D. Watson
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James D. Watson
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 6
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If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.
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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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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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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.
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If we 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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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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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
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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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If scientists don't play God, who will?
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Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority that is hampering efforts to develop this potentially valuable technology.
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I wanted to see if I could write a good book.
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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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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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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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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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A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either.
James D. Watson
I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless.
James D. Watson
