“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.” David Deutsch
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“As a working hypothesis to explain the riddle of our existence, I propose that our universe is the most interesting of all possible universes, and our fate as human beings is to make it so.” Freeman Dyson
“…Cosmology brings us face to face with the deepest mysteries and with questions that were once treated only in religion and myth. The desire to be connected with the cosmos reflects a profound reality. But we are connected; not in the trivial ways that Astrology promises, but in the deepest ways…” Carl Sagan
“The more science in the media, especially if methods are described, as well as conclusions and implications the healthier, I believe, the society is.” Carl Sagan
“Science is all about people. They may work in labs and scribble strange formulae, but they are driven by the same natural curiosity we are all born with: to explore and discover our world and what we can do.” Neil Turok
“We humans, as species, are interested in communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Would not a good beginning be improved communication with terrestrial intelligence, with other humans beings of different cultures and languages, with the great apes, with the dolphins, but particularly with those intelligent masters of the deep, the great whales?” Carl Sagan
“My goal is to get people thinking and trying to wrap their heads around the amazing things that have been achieved and to dream about what will be achieved.” Neil Turok
“The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of wonder, a capacity to experience total joy at something as simple as the greenness of a leaf; but as they grow older, the awareness of death and decay begins to impinge on their consciousness and subtly erode their joie de vivre, their idealism – and their assumption of immortality. As a child matures, he sees death and pain everywhere about him, and begins to lose faith in the ultimate goodness of man. But, if he’s reasonably strong – and lucky – he can emerge from this twilight of the soul into a rebirth of life’s elan. Both because of and in spite of his awareness of the meaninglessness of life, he can forge a fresh sense of purpose and affirmation. He may not recapture the same pure sense of wonder he was born with, but he can shape something far more enduring and sustaining. The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death – however mutable man may be able to make them – our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” Stanley Kubrick
“Mathematics is the hidden architecture of the Universe.”
“Reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." Richard Feynman
“What makes us really different is our ability to put our heads together and to do things that neither one of us could do alone, to create new resources that we couldn’t create alone. It’s really all about communicating and collaborating and working together”. Michael Tomasello
“Science is more than a body of knowledge, it’s a way of thinking.“ Carl Sagan
“The world is not magic — and that’s the most magical thing about it.” Sean Carroll
“The world keeps happening in accordance with its rules; it’s up to us to make sense of it and give it value." Sean Carroll
“Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.” Jacob Bronowski