"It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you."
-Walter Gilbert
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"The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.“
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"Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself."
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"Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant."
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"I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background."
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"Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge."
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