"When young people come to me saying they want to be researchers because they want to contribute to the alleviation of human suffering, I prefer to send them to charitable institutions. Research requires selfish people who are passionately interested in "useless" questions and are willing to sacrifice everything, even their own lives, to solve them.
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Szent-Györgyi AlbertAll Translations
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When young people come to me saying they want to be researchers because they want to contribute to the alleviation of human suffering, I prefer to send them to charitable institutions. Research requires selfish people who are passionately interested in "useless" questions and are willing to sacrifice everything, even their own lives, to solve them.
""Amikor a fiatalok azzal fordulnak hozzám, hogy kutatók akarnak lenni, mert szeretnének hozzájárulni az emberi szenvedés enyhítéséhez, én inkább jótékonysági intézményekhez küldöm őket. A kutatás önző embereket kíván, akiket szenvedélyesen érdekelnek a "haszontalan" kérdések, és megoldásukért hajlandók mindent feláldozni, még a saját életüket is."