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Freeman Dyson Quotes

Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious dogma or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious creationists and scientific materialists are equally dogmatic and insensitive. By their arrogance they bring both science and religion into disrepute Picture Quote #1

Some things go better than you expected, other things go worse, so I’m... I think the only sensible thing is just to wait and see and what I’m doing when I’m writing books - I’m not doing science so much anymore Picture Quote #1

The language that nature speaks is the same language that we invented for mathematics. That’s just an amazing piece of luck, which we don’t understand Picture Quote #1

The world is just - it’s wonderful when you look at all the detail. It’s just amazing Picture Quote #1

The key to having an interesting life is to always say yes to anything crazy Picture Quote #1

I think that the artificial-intelligence people are making a lot of noise recently, claiming that artificial intelligence is making huge progress and we’re going to be outstripped by the machines Picture Quote #1

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I just enjoy calculating, and it’s an instrument I know how to play. It’s almost an athletic performance, in a way. I was just watching the Olympics, and that’s how I feel when proving a theorem Picture Quote #1

I think we’re doing pretty well. It’s clear the media, of course, always gives you the bad news Picture Quote #1

Just because you see pictures of glaciers falling into the ocean doesn’t mean anything bad is happening. This is something that happens all the time. It’s part of the natural cycle of things. We know from measurements that glaciers have been melting for 200 years at least Picture Quote #1

Of course, the English countryside is completely artificial. It was naturally a forest; they chopped down the trees and made it into what it is now: really a beautiful country Picture Quote #1

The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they were impossible Picture Quote #1

There is no way to find the best design except to try out as many designs as possible and discard the failures Picture Quote #1

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I think it’s a big mistake to decide too soon what you’re going to do with your life Picture Quote #1

I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake Picture Quote #1

I am hoping that the scientists and politicians who have been blindly demonizing carbon dioxide for 37 years will one day open their eyes and look at the evidence Picture Quote #1

Science and religion are, of course, two different ways of looking at the universe; and it’s the same universe with two different windows Picture Quote #1

Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we’re hunters Picture Quote #1

We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we’re the animal that is best of all the animals at long-distance running. Why? It is quite amazing. Superfluous gifts you don’t really need to survive Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well Picture Quote #1

Humanity looks to me like a magnificent beginning but not the final word Picture Quote #1

The only way to improve the chances for finding winners is to keep all the choices open and try them all Picture Quote #1

The fact that the climate is getting warmer doesn’t scare me at all. There’s no reason why one should be scared Picture Quote #1

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God’s gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences Picture Quote #1

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The ground of science was littered with the corpses of dead unified theories Picture Quote #1

The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple Picture Quote #1

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use Picture Quote #1

Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes Picture Quote #1

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist Picture Quote #1

Science is my territory, but science fiction is the landscape of my dreams Picture Quote #1

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Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious dogma or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious creationists and scientific materialists are equally dogmatic and insensitive. By their arrogance they bring both science and religion into disrepute (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Some things go better than you expected, other things go worse, so I’m... I think the only sensible thing is just to wait and see and what I’m doing when I’m writing books - I’m not doing science so much anymore (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The language that nature speaks is the same language that we invented for mathematics. That’s just an amazing piece of luck, which we don’t understand. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The world is just - it’s wonderful when you look at all the detail. It’s just amazing. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The key to having an interesting life is to always say yes to anything crazy (Freeman Dyson Quotes) I think that the artificial-intelligence people are making a lot of noise recently, claiming that artificial intelligence is making huge progress and we’re going to be outstripped by the machines. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) I just enjoy calculating, and it’s an instrument I know how to play. It’s almost an athletic performance, in a way. I was just watching the Olympics, and that’s how I feel when proving a theorem. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) I think we’re doing pretty well. It’s clear the media, of course, always gives you the bad news. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Just because you see pictures of glaciers falling into the ocean doesn’t mean anything bad is happening. This is something that happens all the time. It’s part of the natural cycle of things. We know from measurements that glaciers have been melting for 200 years at least. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Of course, the English countryside is completely artificial. It was naturally a forest; they chopped down the trees and made it into what it is now: really a beautiful country. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they were impossible. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) There is no way to find the best design except to try out as many designs as possible and discard the failures. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) I think it’s a big mistake to decide too soon what you’re going to do with your life (Freeman Dyson Quotes) I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) I am hoping that the scientists and politicians who have been blindly demonizing carbon dioxide for 37 years will one day open their eyes and look at the evidence. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Science and religion are, of course, two different ways of looking at the universe; and it’s the same universe with two different windows. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we’re hunters (Freeman Dyson Quotes) We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we’re the animal that is best of all the animals at long-distance running. Why? It is quite amazing. Superfluous gifts you don’t really need to survive. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) 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. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Humanity looks to me like a magnificent beginning but not the final word (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The only way to improve the chances for finding winners is to keep all the choices open and try them all. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The fact that the climate is getting warmer doesn’t scare me at all. There’s no reason why one should be scared. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God’s gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences. (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The ground of science was littered with the corpses of dead unified theories (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple (Freeman Dyson Quotes) There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Science is my territory, but science fiction is the landscape of my dreams (Freeman Dyson Quotes)

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