“We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.”
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Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.
If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.
Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.