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Leonard Susskind Quotes

The most important single thing about string theory is that it’s a highly mathematical theory, and the mathematics holds together in a very tight and consistent way. It contains in its basic structure both quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. That’s big news Picture Quote #1

At 5 years old, I saw ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ and I was so scared when Costello sat himself down in the lap of the monster, not realizing where he was. My friends teased me. They were older, 8 years old. And my goal was to become a mad scientist and get back at them. And here I am, mad as hell! Picture Quote #1

I’m a great believer that scientists should spend as much time as possible explaining, and you do explain in the process of teaching Picture Quote #1

I have a funny mental framework when I do physics. I create an imaginary audience in my head to explain things to - it is part of the way I think. For me, teaching and explaining, even to my imaginary audience, is part of the process Picture Quote #1

Extra dimensional theories are sometimes considered science fiction with equations. I think that’s a wrong attitude. I think extra dimensions are with us, they are with us to stay, and they entered physics a long time ago. They are not going to go away Picture Quote #1

I went to college because my father thought that I should learn engineering, because he wanted to go into the heating business with me. There, I realized I wanted to be a physicist. I had to tell him, which was a somewhat traumatic experience Picture Quote #1

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I often feel a discomfort, a kind of embarrassment, when I explain elementary-particle physics to laypeople. It all seems so arbitrary - the ridiculous collection of fundamental particles, the lack of pattern to their masses Picture Quote #1

Whether or not evolution is compatible with faith, science and religion represent two extremely different worldviews, which, if they coexist at all, do so most uncomfortably Picture Quote #1

Eventually, when the universe expands enough, all that will be left is the dark energy Picture Quote #1

I’m not going to argue with people about the existence of God. I have not the vaguest idea of whether the universe was created by an intelligence Picture Quote #1

Man - life in general - seems irrelevant to the workings of the universe: a mere smudge of water, grease, and carbon on a pinpoint planet circling a star of no special consequence Picture Quote #1

I’m a great believer in our ability to come up with the ideas necessary to solve the big questions. I have less confidence that we’ll be able to find a consensus about which ones are right without experiment Picture Quote #1

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I did not come from an academic background. My father was a smart man, but he had a fifth-grade education. He and all his friends were plumbers. They were all born around 1905 in great poverty in New York City and had to go to work when they were 12 or 13 years old Picture Quote #1

I’m afraid I am a bit of a technophobe - a nineteenth-century man caught in the twenty-first century. But there is one piece of technology that I would especially welcome: a device to automatically balance restaurant tables on all four legs so that they don’t rock back and forth Picture Quote #1

I was from a poor Jewish family in the South Bronx. My father was a plumber, but when I was 16, he got sick and I had to take over. Being a plumber in the South Bronx wasn’t fun Picture Quote #1

I was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics Picture Quote #1

There is so much to groak; So little to groak from Picture Quote #1

Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens Picture Quote #1

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Science blogs bore me. When everyone is an expert, no one is an expert Picture Quote #1

Einstein, in the special theory of relativity, proved that different observers, in different states of motion, see different realities Picture Quote #1

Every time a bit of information is erased, we know it doesn’t disappear. It goes out into the environment. It may be horribly scrambled and confused, but it never really gets lost. It’s just converted into a different form Picture Quote #1

You have to say now that space is something. Space can vibrate, space can fluctuate, space can be quantum mechanical, but what the devil is it? Picture Quote #1

We often say that the earth is a sphere, but to be precise, the term sphere refers only to the surface. The correct mathematical term for the solid earth is a ball Picture Quote #1

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The most important single thing about string theory is that it’s a highly mathematical theory, and the mathematics holds together in a very tight and consistent way. It contains in its basic structure both quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. That’s big news (Leonard Susskind Quotes) At 5 years old, I saw ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ and I was so scared when Costello sat himself down in the lap of the monster, not realizing where he was. My friends teased me. They were older, 8 years old. And my goal was to become a mad scientist and get back at them. And here I am, mad as hell! (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I’m a great believer that scientists should spend as much time as possible explaining, and you do explain in the process of teaching. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I have a funny mental framework when I do physics. I create an imaginary audience in my head to explain things to - it is part of the way I think. For me, teaching and explaining, even to my imaginary audience, is part of the process. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) Extra dimensional theories are sometimes considered science fiction with equations. I think that’s a wrong attitude. I think extra dimensions are with us, they are with us to stay, and they entered physics a long time ago. They are not going to go away. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I went to college because my father thought that I should learn engineering, because he wanted to go into the heating business with me. There, I realized I wanted to be a physicist. I had to tell him, which was a somewhat traumatic experience. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I often feel a discomfort, a kind of embarrassment, when I explain elementary-particle physics to laypeople. It all seems so arbitrary - the ridiculous collection of fundamental particles, the lack of pattern to their masses. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) Whether or not evolution is compatible with faith, science and religion represent two extremely different worldviews, which, if they coexist at all, do so most uncomfortably. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) Eventually, when the universe expands enough, all that will be left is the dark energy (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I’m not going to argue with people about the existence of God. I have not the vaguest idea of whether the universe was created by an intelligence. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) Man - life in general - seems irrelevant to the workings of the universe: a mere smudge of water, grease, and carbon on a pinpoint planet circling a star of no special consequence. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I’m a great believer in our ability to come up with the ideas necessary to solve the big questions. I have less confidence that we’ll be able to find a consensus about which ones are right without experiment. (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I did not come from an academic background. My father was a smart man, but he had a fifth-grade education. He and all his friends were plumbers. They were all born around 1905 in great poverty in New York City and had to go to work when they were 12 or 13 years old (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I’m afraid I am a bit of a technophobe - a nineteenth-century man caught in the twenty-first century. But there is one piece of technology that I would especially welcome: a device to automatically balance restaurant tables on all four legs so that they don’t rock back and forth (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I was from a poor Jewish family in the South Bronx. My father was a plumber, but when I was 16, he got sick and I had to take over. Being a plumber in the South Bronx wasn’t fun (Leonard Susskind Quotes) I was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics (Leonard Susskind Quotes) There is so much to groak; So little to groak from (Leonard Susskind Quotes) Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens (Leonard Susskind Quotes) Science blogs bore me. When everyone is an expert, no one is an expert (Leonard Susskind Quotes) Einstein, in the special theory of relativity, proved that different observers, in different states of motion, see different realities (Leonard Susskind Quotes) Every time a bit of information is erased, we know it doesn’t disappear. It goes out into the environment. It may be horribly scrambled and confused, but it never really gets lost. It’s just converted into a different form (Leonard Susskind Quotes) You have to say now that space is something. Space can vibrate, space can fluctuate, space can be quantum mechanical, but what the devil is it? (Leonard Susskind Quotes) We often say that the earth is a sphere, but to be precise, the term sphere refers only to the surface. The correct mathematical term for the solid earth is a ball (Leonard Susskind Quotes)