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Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always.

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I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an...more

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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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In the end, it became clear that all scientists were participants in a participatory universe which did not allow anyone to be a mere observer.

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A wonderful area for speculative academic work is the unknowable. These days religious subjects are in disfavor, but there are still plenty of good to...more

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I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. N...more

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You know what's wrong with scientific power? It's a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.

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All this attempt to control... We are talking about Western attitudes that are five hundred years old... The basic idea of science - that there was a ...more

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They have to leave their mark. They can't just watch. They can't just appreciate. They can't just fit into the natural order. They have to make someth...more

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But now science is the belief system that is hundreds of years old. And, like the medieval system before it, science is starting not to fit the world ...more

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Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.

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God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs.

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Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangero...more

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You know what's wrong with scientific power?... It's a form of inherited wealth... Most kinds of power require a substantial sacrifice by whoever want...more

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The commercialization of molecular biology is the most stunning ethical event in the history of science, and it has happened with astonishing speed. F...more