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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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"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."

"Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement."

"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."

"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

"A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep."
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"Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests."


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


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


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


"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."


"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."


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


"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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