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If scientists don't play God, who will?
James D. Watson
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James D. Watson
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 6
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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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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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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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