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If we 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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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.
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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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I wanted to see if I could write a good book.
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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 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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The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
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I wish there would be more movies about scientists.
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As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.
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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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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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Moving forward will not be for the faint of heart. But if the next century witnesses failure, let it be because our science is not yet up to the job, not because we don't have the courage to make less random the sometimes most unfair courses of human evolution.
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My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.
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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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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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The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of mental disease. Only after we understand them at the genetic level can we rationally seek out appropriate therapies for such illnesses as schizophrenia and bipolar disease.
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If scientists don't play God, who will?
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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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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Knowing why (an idea) is more important than learning what (the fact).
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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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