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Freeman Dyson Quotes

The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries Picture Quote #1

So long as you have courage and a sense of humor, it is never too late to start life afresh Picture Quote #1

The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense must have known that we were coming Picture Quote #1

The reason why new concepts in any branch of science are hard to grasp is always the same; contemporary scientists try to picture the new concept in terms of ideas which existed before Picture Quote #1

... the computer models are very good at solving equations of fluid dynamics but very bad at describing the real world. The real world is full of things like clouds and vegetation and soil and dust which the models describe very poorly Picture Quote #1

We cannot hope to either understand or to manage the carbon in the atmosphere unless we understand and manage the trees and the soil too Picture Quote #1

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In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right Picture Quote #1

Climate change is part of the normal order of things, and we know it was happening before humans came Picture Quote #1

Vegetation is really controlling what happens... whereas the emphasis in the climate models has always been on the atmosphere Picture Quote #1

There is no doubt that parts of the world are getting warmer, but the warming is not global Picture Quote #1

When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories Picture Quote #1

We simply don’t know yet what’s going to happen to the carbon in the atmosphere Picture Quote #1

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For me too, the periodic table was a passion... As a boy, I stood in front of the display for hours, thinking how wonderful it was that each of those metal foils and jars of gas had its own distinct personality Picture Quote #1

We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice Picture Quote #1

No matter how far we go into the future, there will always be new things happening, new information coming in, new worlds to explore, a constantly expanding domain of life, consciousness, and memory Picture Quote #1

Thanks to the discoveries of astronomers in the twentieth century, we now know that the heat death is a myth. The heat death can never happen, and there is no paradox Picture Quote #1

For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts and principles by means of which new theories can be created Picture Quote #1

Boiled down to one sentence, my message is the unboundedness of life and the unboundedness of human destiny Picture Quote #1

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If we want to go to space with humans, that’s for fun not for science. Human adventures in space are just sporting events Picture Quote #1

The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It’s the child that’s remembered 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

The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people’s hopes Picture Quote #1

If you want to have a program for moving out into the universe, you have to think in centuries not in decades Picture Quote #1

If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives Picture Quote #1

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What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford Picture Quote #1

We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods 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

Many of the technologies that are now racing ahead most rapidly, replacing human workers in factories and offices with machines, making stockholders richer and workers poorer, are indeed tending to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth Picture Quote #1

I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess... We found our refuge in science... We learned that science is a revenge of victims against oppressors, that science is a territory of freedom and friendship in the midst of tyranny and hatred Picture Quote #1

The fundamental reason why carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is critically important to biology is that there is so little of it. A field of corn growing in full sunlight in the middle of the day uses up all the carbon dioxide within a meter of the ground in about five minutes. If the air were not constantly stirred by convection currents and winds, the corn would stop growing Picture Quote #1

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The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries (Freeman Dyson Quotes) So long as you have courage and a sense of humor, it is never too late to start life afresh (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense must have known that we were coming (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The reason why new concepts in any branch of science are hard to grasp is always the same; contemporary scientists try to picture the new concept in terms of ideas which existed before (Freeman Dyson Quotes) ... the computer models are very good at solving equations of fluid dynamics but very bad at describing the real world. The real world is full of things like clouds and vegetation and soil and dust which the models describe very poorly (Freeman Dyson Quotes) We cannot hope to either understand or to manage the carbon in the atmosphere unless we understand and manage the trees and the soil too (Freeman Dyson Quotes) In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Climate change is part of the normal order of things, and we know it was happening before humans came (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Vegetation is really controlling what happens... whereas the emphasis in the climate models has always been on the atmosphere (Freeman Dyson Quotes) There is no doubt that parts of the world are getting warmer, but the warming is not global (Freeman Dyson Quotes) When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories (Freeman Dyson Quotes) We simply don’t know yet what’s going to happen to the carbon in the atmosphere (Freeman Dyson Quotes) For me too, the periodic table was a passion... As a boy, I stood in front of the display for hours, thinking how wonderful it was that each of those metal foils and jars of gas had its own distinct personality (Freeman Dyson Quotes) We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice (Freeman Dyson Quotes) No matter how far we go into the future, there will always be new things happening, new information coming in, new worlds to explore, a constantly expanding domain of life, consciousness, and memory (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Thanks to the discoveries of astronomers in the twentieth century, we now know that the heat death is a myth. The heat death can never happen, and there is no paradox (Freeman Dyson Quotes) For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts and principles by means of which new theories can be created (Freeman Dyson Quotes) Boiled down to one sentence, my message is the unboundedness of life and the unboundedness of human destiny (Freeman Dyson Quotes) If we want to go to space with humans, that’s for fun not for science. Human adventures in space are just sporting events (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It’s the child that’s remembered (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) The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people’s hopes (Freeman Dyson Quotes) If you want to have a program for moving out into the universe, you have to think in centuries not in decades (Freeman Dyson Quotes) If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives (Freeman Dyson Quotes) What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford (Freeman Dyson Quotes) We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods (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) Many of the technologies that are now racing ahead most rapidly, replacing human workers in factories and offices with machines, making stockholders richer and workers poorer, are indeed tending to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth (Freeman Dyson Quotes) I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess... We found our refuge in science... We learned that science is a revenge of victims against oppressors, that science is a territory of freedom and friendship in the midst of tyranny and hatred (Freeman Dyson Quotes) The fundamental reason why carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is critically important to biology is that there is so little of it. A field of corn growing in full sunlight in the middle of the day uses up all the carbon dioxide within a meter of the ground in about five minutes. If the air were not constantly stirred by convection currents and winds, the corn would stop growing (Freeman Dyson Quotes)

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