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Some of my friends like to keep science and religion together, but I certainly like to keep them separate.
Freeman Dyson
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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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Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague.
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To me, mathematics is like playing the violin. Some people can do it - others can't. If you don't have it, then there's no point in pretending.
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I'm prejudiced about education altogether. I think it's terribly overrated.
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We won't really understand the brain until we can make models of it which are analog rather than digital, which nobody seems to be trying very much.
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If you go to London now, not everything is beautiful, but it's amazingly better than it was. And the Thames is certainly a lot better: There are fish in the Thames.
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In religion, you're supposed to be somehow in touch with something deep and full of mysteries.
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I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live.
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