Tag Archives: Joshua Lederberg

When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells. Joshua Lederberg

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy. Joshua Lederberg

If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications. Joshua Lederberg

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling. Joshua Lederberg

I don't believe anybody can really grasp everything that's even in one textbook. Joshua Lederberg

If you want to solve very complex problems, you will have to end up letting machines work out a lot of the details for themselves, and in ways that we don't understand what they are doing. Joshua Lederberg

My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7. Joshua Lederberg

If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk. Joshua Lederberg

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it. Joshua Lederberg

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals. Joshua Lederberg