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I am afraid that those comments go back to the late 80's. At that time I was a skeptic - the argument based on Koch's postulates to try to distinguish between cause and association. Today I would regard the success of the many antiviral agents which lower the virus titers (to be expected) and also resolve the failure of the immune system (only expected if the virus is the cause of the failure) as a reasonable proof of the causation argument .

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I am afraid that those comments go back to the late 80's. At that time I was a skeptic - the argument based on Koch's postulates to try to distinguis…

- Walter Gilbert

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

- Walter Gilbert

Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say th…

- Walter Gilbert

The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge…

- Walter Gilbert

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

- Walter Gilbert

Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.

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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.

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Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

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The best project is one that asks a novel question.

- Walter Gilbert