I think there have to be Bachs and Beethovens. We may have - there are so many more people. Musical training is available to so many more, but it may be that we've hit a right wall in terms of accessible styles and since we demand innovation as a criterion of genius, there may not be more innovative styles to be found.
タグ: innovation, think, training, people

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I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.
タグ: wonderful, writing, think, science
I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever since the Tyrannosaurus skeleton awed and scared me.
タグ: becoming, general, scared, me
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
タグ: know, never, think, best
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.
タグ: follow, seeds, political, people
A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished.
タグ: doing, hate, work, love
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