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Fred Hoyle Quotes

The main efforts of investigators have been in papering over contradictions in the big bang theory, to build up an idea which has become ever more complex and cumbersome Picture Quote #1

Hoyle’s enduring insights into stars, nucleosynthesis, and the large-scale universe rank among the greatest achievements of 20th-century astrophysics. Moreover, his theories were unfailingly stimulating, even when they proved transient Picture Quote #1

A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there? So small as to be negligible, even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole Universe Picture Quote #1

I have always thought it curious that, while most scientists claim to eschew religion, it actually dominates their thoughts more than it does the clergy Picture Quote #1

I don’t see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible Picture Quote #1

Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out Picture Quote #1

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He who lives among dogs must learn to pant Picture Quote #1

A superintellect has monkeyed with physics Picture Quote #1

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example Picture Quote #1

Things are the way they are because they were the way they were Picture Quote #1

A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question Picture Quote #1

The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been entertained by substantial numbers of persons over an extended period of time Picture Quote #1

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I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption... For myself, as no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was simultaneous liberation from a certain political and economic system, and liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom Picture Quote #1

It seems to be a characteristic of all great work that it creators wear a cloak of imprecision Picture Quote #1

On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described in scientific terms... On philosophical grounds too I cannot see any good reason for preferring the big bang idea. Indeed it seems to me in the philosophical sense to be a distinctly unsatisfactory notion, since it puts the basic assumption out of sight where it can never be challenged by a direct appeal to observation Picture Quote #1

It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness Picture Quote #1

When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I’m old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow Picture Quote #1

I have little hesitation in saying that as a result a sickly pall now hangs over the big bang theory. As I have mentioned earlier, when a pattern of facts becomes set against a theory, experience shows that it rarely recovers Picture Quote #1

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Life cannot have had a random beginning... The trouble is that there are about two thousand enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in 10 to the 40,000 power, an outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup Picture Quote #1

These theories were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at a particular time in the remote past Picture Quote #1

There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don’t know what it’s a plan for Picture Quote #1

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of Picture Quote #1

Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards Picture Quote #1

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The main efforts of investigators have been in papering over contradictions in the big bang theory, to build up an idea which has become ever more complex and cumbersome. (Fred Hoyle Quotes) Hoyle’s enduring insights into stars, nucleosynthesis, and the large-scale universe rank among the greatest achievements of 20th-century astrophysics. Moreover, his theories were unfailingly stimulating, even when they proved transient (Fred Hoyle Quotes) A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there? So small as to be negligible, even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole Universe (Fred Hoyle Quotes) I have always thought it curious that, while most scientists claim to eschew religion, it actually dominates their thoughts more than it does the clergy (Fred Hoyle Quotes) I don’t see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible (Fred Hoyle Quotes) Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out (Fred Hoyle Quotes) He who lives among dogs must learn to pant (Fred Hoyle Quotes) A superintellect has monkeyed with physics (Fred Hoyle Quotes) It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example (Fred Hoyle Quotes) Things are the way they are because they were the way they were (Fred Hoyle Quotes) A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question (Fred Hoyle Quotes) The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been entertained by substantial numbers of persons over an extended period of time (Fred Hoyle Quotes) I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption... For myself, as no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was simultaneous liberation from a certain political and economic system, and liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom (Fred Hoyle Quotes) It seems to be a characteristic of all great work that it creators wear a cloak of imprecision (Fred Hoyle Quotes) On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described in scientific terms... On philosophical grounds too I cannot see any good reason for preferring the big bang idea. Indeed it seems to me in the philosophical sense to be a distinctly unsatisfactory notion, since it puts the basic assumption out of sight where it can never be challenged by a direct appeal to observation (Fred Hoyle Quotes) It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness (Fred Hoyle Quotes) When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I’m old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow (Fred Hoyle Quotes) I have little hesitation in saying that as a result a sickly pall now hangs over the big bang theory. As I have mentioned earlier, when a pattern of facts becomes set against a theory, experience shows that it rarely recovers (Fred Hoyle Quotes) Life cannot have had a random beginning... The trouble is that there are about two thousand enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in 10 to the 40,000 power, an outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup (Fred Hoyle Quotes) These theories were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at a particular time in the remote past (Fred Hoyle Quotes) There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don’t know what it’s a plan for (Fred Hoyle Quotes) The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of (Fred Hoyle Quotes) Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards (Fred Hoyle Quotes)