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“You create reality by looking at it, is what Quantum Mechanics suggests. This may sound outrageously magical. Quantum Mechanics or QM, is the physics of the microscopic world. It is a strange theor...”
“For the man on the street, science and math sound too and soulless. It is hard to appreciate their significance Most of us are just aware of Newton's apple trivia and Einstein's famous e mc2. Scien...”
“When you drop a hammer and a feather together, which one hits the ground first? If you pose this question to the general public, the most expected answer is based on common sense, that the heavier ...”
“For most people, the central questions of existence ultimately come down to transcendental ones: Why is there a universe at all? Why are we here?Whatever presumptions one might bring to the questio...”
“Degree of conformance to our other beliefs. One of our criteria for the assessment of explanations is coherence with our existing beliefs.”
“The most important rule when assessing abductive arguments is to consider alternative explanations. When we are presented with an explanation that sounds plausible, too often we simply accept it wi...”
“A law of survival, Ragle had said. Those who refused to respond to the new stimulus would perish. Adapt or perish . . . version of a timeless rule.”
“In the end, it became clear that all scientists were participants in a participatory universe which did not allow anyone to be a mere observer.”
“The universe is an amazingly fickle and eventful place, and our existence within is a wonder.”
“A vast and fiery nuclear furnace launched photons through the reaches of space; they hurtled trillions of kilometers at breakneck speed, then filtered gently into the bedroom as shafts of dawn sunl...”
“Life on earth is considered a miracle, but why is other life in the cosmos a difficult concept?”
“We live in a world where extraterrestrials could be everywhere and you would never know. A world driven by gods, unexplained structures, countless stories and extraterrestrial occurrences. There is...”
“That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.”
“The more ignorant we become the less value we set on science, and the less inclination we shall have to seek it.”
“What right do we have to dream of another world, if we can't take care of this one.”
“During our brief stay on planet Earth, we owe ourselves and our descendants the opportunity to explore - in part because it's fun to do. But there's a far nobler reason. The day our knowledge of th...”
“(The string is extremely tiny, at the Planck length of 10 ^-33 cm, a billion billion times smaller than a proton, so all subatomic particles appear pointlike.)If we were to pluck this string, the v...”
“For ages men had used sticks to club and spear each otherAnaximander of Miletus used the stick to measure time.”
“Many people implicitly believe in the Hydraulic Theory of Violence: that humans harbor an inner drive toward aggression (a death instinct or thirst for blood), which builds up inside us and must pe...”
“In order to create, equilibrium must be broken.”
