“[When asked by a student if he believes in any gods] Oh, no. Absolutely not... The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don't have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand.” ScienceUnderstandingAtheismIgnoranceAtheistPhysicsBiologyDnaWatsonNobel LaureateGod Of The GapsDouble HelixWatson And Crick Author:James D. Watson
“Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. . . .” ScienceUnderstandingDiscoveryBiologyProbabilityGodsDnaGeneticsDouble Helix Author:James D. Watson
“Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.” YearsScienceInterestingFutureBiology Author:James D. Watson
“At lunch Francis [Crick] winged into the Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life.” ScienceFoundSecretDiscoveryDistanceHearingBiologyLunchEaglesSecret LifeBiochemistry Book:The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix Source: The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix
“The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don't have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand.” BelieveWantedReligionAtheismAdvantagePhysicsBiologyBelieve In God Author:James D. Watson
