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I Recognize That Many Physicists Are Smarter Than I Am-most Of Them Theoretical Physicists. A Lot Of Smart People Have Gone Into Theoretical Physics, Therefore The Field Is Extremely Competitive. I Console Myself With The Thought That Although They May Be Smarter And May Be Deeper Thinkers Than I Am, I Have Broader Interests Than They Have.

I Try To Identify Myself With The Atoms ... I Ask What I Would Do If I Were A Carbon Atom Or A Sodium Atom.

During The Time That [karl] Landsteiner Gave Me An Education In The Field Of Imununology, I Discovered That He And I Were Thinking About The Serologic Problem In Very Different Ways. He Would Ask, What Do These Experiments Force Us To Believe About The Nature Of The World? I Would Ask, What Is The Most. Simple And General Picture Of The World That We Can Formulate That Is Not Ruled By These Experiments? I Realized That Medical And Biological Investigators Were Not Attacking Their Problems The Same Way That Theoretical Physicists Do, The Way I Had Been In The Habit Of Doing.

When An Old And Distinguished Person Speaks To You, Listen To Him Carefully And With Respect — But Do Not Believe Him. Never Put Your Trust Into Anything But Your Own Intellect. Your Elder, No Matter Whether He Has Gray Hair Or Has Lost His Hair, No Matter Whether He Is A Nobel Laureate — May Be Wrong. The World Progresses, Year By Year, Century By Century, As The Members Of The Younger Generation Find Out What Was Wrong Among The Things That Their Elders Said. So You Must Always Be Skeptical — Always Think For Yourself.

There Is No Area Of The World That Should Not Be Investigated By Scientists. There Will Always Remain Some Questions That Have Not Been Answered. In General, These Are The Questions That Have Not Yet Been Posed.