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.

Error is far more common than fraud which probably comprises 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the literature.

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.

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

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

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