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Lewis Wolpert: 'As Francis Crick pointed out, a theory that fits all
the facts will be wrong, as some of the facts will be wrong'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=557006

01 September 2004


Francis Crick, who died in July, was one of the great scientists of
the 20th century. He was famous for his discovery with Jim Watson of
the structure of DNA, as well as other major contributions. His death
made me reflect on the characteristics of great scientists. I wondered
if there were aspects of Crick's life that could illuminate this. I
knew and admired Francis, and once did a radio interview with him.

It is clearly an advantage to like science from an early age. There
must be very few great scientists who come into science without an
early commitment. Crick was interested in science as a child and even
said to his mother that it was a pity everything would be discovered
by the time he grew up, as there would be nothing left to find out.

Lewis Wolpert
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Francis Crick
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1981 Francis Crick: "plausibility is not enough," is "usually
contaminated with our unstated prejudices"
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1988 Crick: "Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they
see was not designed, but rather evolved."
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Crick, Hearn & Hendry, Eiseley
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