Science is... a powerful way, indeed - to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective... in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for me, are quite real and quite important. They are investigated in different ways. They coexist. They illuminate each other.
Francis CollinsA technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run.
Francis CollinsGod gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people.
Francis CollinsBut full sequencing? No. Very hard to interpret. At some point probably we'll all have that opportunity but most of what's there will be stuff that we don't know what to say much about. So it's a great research tool, but for clinical purposes to advise somebody to practice better health maintenance, it's not necessarily gonna be a big one for a while.
Francis Collins