Scientist Quotes by Michael Crichton

8 Scientist quotes by Michael Crichton

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Michael Crichton condenses his thoughts on scientists into eight tight statements. They provide a rapid sense of his analytical and narrative style.

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The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires…

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...scientific power is like inherited wealth: attained without discipline. You read what others have done, and you take the next step. You…

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Finally, I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the…

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Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that…

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Right now, scientists are in exactly the same position as Renaissance painters, commissioned to make the portrait the patron wants done, And…

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She had been living like a hermit herself, in a cramped, seedy apartment in Somerville, spending long hours in the lab. All-nighters…

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Let's be clear: all professions look bad in the movies. And there's a good reason for this. Movies don't portray career paths,…

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The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus. There is no such thing as consensus science.…

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They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

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This is the gift of your species and this is the danger, because you do not choose to control your imaginings. You imagine wonderful…

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“it is important to recognize that the behavior of the two antagonists mirrors each other, like a Rorschach inkblot. The value of a Rorschach…

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Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.

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Social control is best managed through fear.

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They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.

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Friendships are nice. So is competence.

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I can tell you that second hand smoke is not a health hazard to anyone and never was, and the EPA has always known…

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As the practical value of altering consciousness becomes recognized, procedures to effect these alterations will become increasingly ordinary and unremarkable. The whole concept of…

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In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs,…

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Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't…

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The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about…

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One of the things that Americans, as a multiracial society, feel is a tremendous sensitivity to racial comments of all kinds.

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Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties.

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This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right.

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