Serge Lang Quotes

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I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

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What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

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To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters.

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Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists.

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If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in the scientific community, then something fundamental, very serious, and very disturbing is happening to the scientific community.

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I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.

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Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions.

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Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

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Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.

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Roughly speaking, this hypothesis asks whether drug use causes some of the diseases officially associated with AIDS, such as immunodeficiency and Kaposi's sarcoma.

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Axiomatization is what one does last, it's rubbish. It's the hygiene of mathematics, axiomatization.

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