Author: Walter Gilbert

Quotes

Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.

Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.

- Walter Gilbert

I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background.

I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background.

- Walter Gilbert

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

- Walter Gilbert

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.

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.

- Walter Gilbert

We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.

We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.

- Walter Gilbert

Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.

Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.

- Walter Gilbert

Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.

Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.

- Walter Gilbert

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

- Walter Gilbert

It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.

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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