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Harry Kroto
Harry Kroto
English Scientist
Born: Oct 7, 1939
Died: Apr 30, 2016
Important Me Science Think World You
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Having chosen something worth doing, never give up, and try not to let anyone down. Harry Kroto
Never Give Up Worth Try Down Give Something Having Never Doing Up Anyone Chosen
Many think of the sciences as merely a fund of knowledge. Journalists never ask scientists anything other than what the applications are of scientific breakthroughs. Interestingly, I doubt they ever ask a musician, writer, or actor the same question. I wonder why. Harry Kroto
Knowledge Doubt Think Other Musician Writer Never Merely Journalists Sciences Scientific Scientists Question Wonder Than Same Anything Breakthroughs Ask Interestingly Many Fund Actor Why Ever Applications
Scientific education is by far the best training for all walks of life because it teaches us how to assess situations critically and react accordingly. It gives us an understanding based on reverence for life-enhancing technologies as well as for life itself. Harry Kroto
Life Education Best Training Understanding Walks Critically Gives React Well Because Scientific How Reverence Accordingly Itself Situations Far Us Teaches Assess Based Technologies
At no point do I ever remember taking religion very seriously or even feeling that the biblical stories were any different from fairy stories. Certainly, none of it made any sense. By comparison, the world in which I lived, though I might not always understand it in all aspects, always made a lot of sense. Harry Kroto
Religion Bible World Remember Seriously Made Feeling Sense Though No Point Point Taking Fairy Understand None Always Were Lot Very Any Different Stories Which Might Aspects Certainly Even Lived Comparison Ever
If doing something with second-rate effort satisfies you, find something else to do - where only your best effort will satisfy you personally. Harry Kroto
Best You Will Second-Rate Else Find Something Something Else Only Doing Effort Where Personally Your Satisfies Satisfy
Art and science are intrinsically the same except for one thing. The universe is in control of your science, whether it's right or wrong, and the public are in control of your art - if they're going to buy it, if you're going to make a living that way. Harry Kroto
Buy Art You Science Control Living Universe Way One Thing Except Wrong Make Same Going Whether Public Your Right Thing
We live in a world economically, socially, and culturally dependent on science not only functioning well, but being wisely applied. Harry Kroto
Science World Live Only Wisely Economically Well Dependent Being Socially Applied
The laissez-faire attitude to science education has resulted in a disaster exemplified by the fact that more young people are opting for media studies than physics. Harry Kroto
Education Attitude Science People Physics Young More Fact Resulted Studies Disaster Than Young People Media
Saying that we should stop nanoscience is tantamount to saying we should stop science. Harry Kroto
Saying Science Tantamount Stop Should
Imagine if we had stopped science in 1904. Yes, there would have been no nerve gas and no Bhopal, but there would also have been no penicillin. All science is a trade-off. Harry Kroto
Science Penicillin Would Nerve Had Also Trade-Off Been Yes Stopped Gas Imagine
You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept. Harry Kroto
You Everything Evidence Out Find Accept Accepted Without Lot Things
Human beings are just animals who will just eat and take advantage of any source of energy until it runs out, and then there'll be catastrophe. Harry Kroto
Will Animals Take Advantage Energy Out Runs Eat Take Catastrophe Advantage Until Source Any Human Just Human Beings Then Who Beings
Science is based solely on doubt-based, disinterested examination of the natural and physical world. It is entirely independent of personal belief. There is a very important, fundamental concomitant - that is to accept absolutely nothing whatsoever, for which there is no evidence, as having any fundamental validity. Harry Kroto
Science Natural World Important Nothing Validity Solely Evidence Independent Physical Examination Entirely Having Physical World Absolutely Absolutely Nothing Accept Very Personal Whatsoever Any Which Disinterested Belief Fundamental Based

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