Francis Harry Compton Crick (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) was a British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist.
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A busy life is a wasted life. Francis Crick
A busy life is a wasted life.
How do I know what I think until I hear what I say? Francis Crick
How do I know what I think until I hear what I say?
The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it. Francis Crick
The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.
Human beings... are far too prone to generalize from one instance. The technical word for this, interestingly enough, is superstition. Francis Crick
Human beings... are far too prone to generalize from one instance. The technical word for this, interestingly enough, is superstition.
There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it. Francis Crick
There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.
Christianity may be OK between consenting adults in private but should not be taught to young children. Francis Crick
Christianity may be OK between consenting adults in private but should not be taught to young children.
All approaches at a higher level are suspect until confirmed at the molecular level. Francis Crick
All approaches at a higher level are suspect until confirmed at the molecular level.
I had discovered the gossip test—what you are really interested in is what you gossip about. Francis Crick
I had discovered the gossip test—what you are really interested in is what you gossip about.
If revealed religions have revealed anything it is that they are usually wrong. Francis Crick
If revealed religions have revealed anything it is that they are usually wrong.
It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us. Francis Crick
It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.
God is a hacker, not an engineer. Francis Crick
God is a hacker, not an engineer.
The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry. Francis Crick
The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.