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The secret of our success on planet Earth is space. Lots of it. Our solar system is a tiny island of activity in an ocean of emptiness.
Paul Davies
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Paul Davies
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
Cosmologist
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London
England
Paul Charles William Davies
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Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age and the finite speed of light.
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It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion.
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