Why Do We Do Basic Research? To

Today We Try To Identify A Gene And Then Study Its Properties.

We Are Embedded In A Biological World And Related To The Organisms Around Us.

I Am Afraid That Those Comments Go Back To The Late 80's. At That Time I Was A Skeptic - The Argument Based On Koch's Postulates To Try To Distinguish Between Cause And Association. Today I Would Regard The Success Of The Many Antiviral Agents Which Lower The Virus Titers (to Be Expected) And Also Resolve The Failure Of The Immune System (only Expected If The Virus Is The Cause Of The Failure) As A Reasonable Proof Of The Causation Argument .

Science Doesn't In The Slightest Depend On Trust. It Depends Completely On The Belief That You Can Demonstrate Something For Yourself.

The Best Project Is One That Asks A Novel Question.