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If the tools are bad, nature's voice is muffled. If the tools are good, nature will give us a clear answer to a clear question.

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Freeman Dyson
Age: 96 †
Born: 1923
Born: December 15
Died: 2020
Died: February 28
Mathematician
Nuclear Physicist
Physicist
Professor
Theoretical Physicist
Crowthorne
Berkshire
Freeman John Dyson
Freeman J. Dyson
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Nature
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The total disorder in the universe, as measured by the quantity that physicists call entropy, increases steadily over time. Also, the total order in the universe, as measured by the complexity and permanence of organized structures, also increases steadily over time.
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CO2 is so beneficial...it would be crazy to try to reduce it
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If we want to go to space with humans, that's for fun not for science. Human adventures in space are just sporting events.
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As finite creatures who think and feel, we can create islands of meaning in the sea of information.
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