Mark Walport

Scientist

1953-01-25

Quotes by Mark Walport

• We're learning how infections are travelling around the world and, sadly, how cholera in Haiti was brought in by U.N. peacekeeping forces from south Asia.

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• The European Parliament must send a clear sign that it recognises the importance of embryonic stem cell research.

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• Distributed ledger technologies have the potential to help governments to collect taxes, deliver benefits, issue passports, record land registries, assure the supply chain of goods, and generally ensure the integrity of government records and services.

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• Industrialisation, mass transit, and the Internet are technological revolutions that have reshaped lives, nations, and the planet.

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• A computer, by definition, cannot be held accountable for anything because there is no mechanism to hold it to account, short of turning off the electricity supply or destroying the hardware. Only humans can be accountable.

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• The problem of poor vision has gone unnoticed for too long - it's astounding that 700 years after glasses were first invented, there are still 2.5 billion people across the world without access to something as simple as eye screening or a pair of glasses.

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• Public trust is a vital condition for artificial intelligence to be used productively.

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• Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system.

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• Forensic science offers great potential, as it draws on almost every discipline and, in doing so, creates widespread opportunity for innovation.

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