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If you have nothing in quantum mechanics, you will always have something.
Lawrence M. Krauss
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Lawrence M. Krauss
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: May 27
Astronomer
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New York City
New York
Lawrence Krauss
Larry Krauss
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss
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The universe is the way it is , whether we like it or not. The existence or nonexistence of a creator is independent of our desires . A world without God or purpose may seem harsh or pointless, but that alone doesn ' t require God to actually exist.
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The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.
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What science is all about is a process. It's like saying, Well, is it important for people to know that World War II happened? Well it's part of what makes us who we are. And so, there's basic bits of science we need to know.
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We now know that we are more insignificant than we ever imagined. If you get rid of everything we see, the universe is essentially the same. We constitute a 1 percent bit of pollution in a universe . . . we are completely irrelevant.
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It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: you are all stardust.
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You shouldn't be afraid of science. Accepting the reality of nature makes life more exciting and even more precious.
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Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem by John Updike and to have sent teams of scientists deep underground for 50 years to build huge science-fiction-like contraptions to unravel their mysteries.
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The fact is that people would rather cling when they're afraid of something to a priori beliefs than rather open their minds about it.
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A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa.
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People are interested in science, but they don't always know they're interested in science, and so I try to find a way to get them interested.
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At the heart of quantum mechanics is a rule that sometimes governs politicians or CEOs-as long as no one is watching, anything goes.
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Without science, everything is a miracle.
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[The writers of the holy books] did not even know the earth revolves around the sun. Why are we listening?
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When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?
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If we wish to draw philosophical conclusions about our own existence, our significance, and the significance of the universe itself, our conclusions should be based on empirical knowledge. A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa, whether or not we like the implications.
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A significant fraction of evangelical voters appear more likely to ignore the candidates' specific economic and foreign policy platforms in favor of concerns about gay marriage or abortion.
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Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not.
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The really important thing is learning how to sceptically question and rely on empirical evidence.
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As a scientist, I don't believe anything. Science shouldn't use the word belief. There are things more likely and less likely. Science can say nothing with absolute certainty.
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