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Whether you can go back in time is held in the grip of the law of quantum gravity Picture Quote #1

Thinking about quantum physics is like unraveling your brain and putting it back together again upside down. Much like studying Kabbalah Picture Quote #1

People are put off by the perception of science fiction, and it doesn’t help if you’ve got references to quantum this and quantum that on the first page, and people think, ‘This isn’t for me,’ and chuck it. I’m probably a pretty bad offender, given how far in the future some of my stuff is Picture Quote #1

No one intuitively understands quantum mechanics because all of our experience involves a world of classical phenomena where, for example, a baseball thrown from pitcher to catcher seems to take just one path, the one described by Newton’s laws of motion. Yet at a microscopic level, the universe behaves quite differently Picture Quote #1

No theory of reality compatible with quantum theory can require spatially separate events to be independent Picture Quote #1

We talk about quantum weirdness and things being in two places at once, but it all involves atoms and molecules, stuff we don’t normally interact with Picture Quote #1

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According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we’re sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes Picture Quote #1

Orwell’s 1984’ convinced me, rightly or wrongly, that Marxism was only a quantum leap away from tyranny. By contrast, Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ suggested that the totalitarian systems of the future might be subservient and ingratiating Picture Quote #1

When I was at Berkeley, the framework of quantum field theory could calculate the dynamics of electromagnetism. It could roughly describe the motion of the weak nuclear force, radiation. But it hit a brick wall with the strong interaction, the binding force Picture Quote #1

I became an atheist because, as a graduate student studying quantum physics, life seemed to be reducible to second-order differential equations. Mathematics, chemistry and physics had it all. And I didn’t see any need to go beyond that Picture Quote #1

Forms come and go. You, the quantum non-entity behind your human identity, comes nor goes Picture Quote #1

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Bell’s theorem...proves that quantum theory requires connections that appear to resemble telepathic communication Picture Quote #1

Everything, however complicated - breaking waves, migrating birds, and tropical forests - is made of atoms and obeys the equations of quantum physics. But even if those equations could be solved, they wouldn’t offer the enlightenment that scientists seek. Each science has its own autonomous concepts and laws Picture Quote #1

The most important application of quantum computing in the future is likely to be a computer simulation of quantum systems, because that’s an application where we know for sure that quantum systems in general cannot be efficiently simulated on a classical computer Picture Quote #1

Future generations will know there’s nothing mystical about wetware because by 2100, Moore’s law will have given us tiny quantum computers powerful enough to upload a human soul Picture Quote #1

One of the most exciting things about dark energy is that it seems to live at the very nexus of two of our most successful theories of physics: quantum mechanics, which explains the physics of the small, and Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, which explains the physics of the large, including gravity Picture Quote #1

Quantum physics forms the foundation of chemistry, explaining how molecules are held together. It describes how real solids and materials behave and how electricity is conducted through them... It enabled the development of transistors, integrated circuits, lasers, LEDs, digital cameras and all the modern gadgetry that surrounds us Picture Quote #1

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This is a quantum universe ... neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene Picture Quote #1

And a new philosophy emerged called quantum physics, which suggest that the individual’s function is to inform and be informed. You really exist only when you’re in a field sharing and exchanging information. You create the realities you inhabit Picture Quote #1

For bedtime reading, I usually curl up with a good monograph on quantum physics or string theory, my specialty. But since I was a child, I have been fascinated by science fiction. My all-time favorite is ‘The Foundation Trilogy,’ by Isaac Asimov Picture Quote #1

Life is strong and fragile. It’s a paradox... It’s both things, like quantum physics: It’s a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together Picture Quote #1

We have to have a combination of general relativity that describes the warping of space and time, and quantum physics, which describes the uncertainties in that warping and how they change Picture Quote #1

What you can show using physics, forces this universe to continue to exist. As long as you’re using general relativity and quantum mechanics you are forced to conclude that God exists Picture Quote #1

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Theology, philosophy, metaphysics, and quantum physics are merely ways for God to have his smart people believe in him Picture Quote #1

I’d love to go back to Europe in the 20s and 30s, for the beginning of the Psychoanalytic Movement, and Freud and Jung, and all that was going on with discoveries in quantum physics. The whole nature of reality was changing and being challenged Picture Quote #1

I finished up my graduate degree in quantum mechanics, but underwent a bit of a personal crisis, recognizing that I didn’t want to do that for the rest of my life. It was too abstract, too far removed from human concerns Picture Quote #1

We all hate on ourselves way too much, and there are so many people who think they have to look like those women on TV. That’s so unreasonable. Everybody is supposed to be a different size. And if I can just be confident in myself, then I’ll look better. It’s quantum physics! Picture Quote #1

Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.] Picture Quote #1

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Whether you can go back in time is held in the grip of the law of quantum gravity (Quantum Quotes) Thinking about quantum physics is like unraveling your brain and putting it back together again upside down. Much like studying Kabbalah. (Quantum Quotes) People are put off by the perception of science fiction, and it doesn’t help if you’ve got references to quantum this and quantum that on the first page, and people think, ‘This isn’t for me,’ and chuck it. I’m probably a pretty bad offender, given how far in the future some of my stuff is. (Quantum Quotes) No one intuitively understands quantum mechanics because all of our experience involves a world of classical phenomena where, for example, a baseball thrown from pitcher to catcher seems to take just one path, the one described by Newton’s laws of motion. Yet at a microscopic level, the universe behaves quite differently. (Quantum Quotes) No theory of reality compatible with quantum theory can require spatially separate events to be independent. (Quantum Quotes) We talk about quantum weirdness and things being in two places at once, but it all involves atoms and molecules, stuff we don’t normally interact with. (Quantum Quotes) According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we’re sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here. (Quantum Quotes) I wouldn’t have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes. (Quantum Quotes) Orwell’s 1984’ convinced me, rightly or wrongly, that Marxism was only a quantum leap away from tyranny. By contrast, Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ suggested that the totalitarian systems of the future might be subservient and ingratiating. (Quantum Quotes) When I was at Berkeley, the framework of quantum field theory could calculate the dynamics of electromagnetism. It could roughly describe the motion of the weak nuclear force, radiation. But it hit a brick wall with the strong interaction, the binding force. (Quantum Quotes) I became an atheist because, as a graduate student studying quantum physics, life seemed to be reducible to second-order differential equations. Mathematics, chemistry and physics had it all. And I didn’t see any need to go beyond that. (Quantum Quotes) Forms come and go. You, the quantum non-entity behind your human identity, comes nor goes. (Quantum Quotes) Bell’s theorem...proves that quantum theory requires connections that appear to resemble telepathic communication. (Quantum Quotes) Everything, however complicated - breaking waves, migrating birds, and tropical forests - is made of atoms and obeys the equations of quantum physics. But even if those equations could be solved, they wouldn’t offer the enlightenment that scientists seek. Each science has its own autonomous concepts and laws. (Quantum Quotes) The most important application of quantum computing in the future is likely to be a computer simulation of quantum systems, because that’s an application where we know for sure that quantum systems in general cannot be efficiently simulated on a classical computer. (Quantum Quotes) Future generations will know there’s nothing mystical about wetware because by 2100, Moore’s law will have given us tiny quantum computers powerful enough to upload a human soul. (Quantum Quotes) One of the most exciting things about dark energy is that it seems to live at the very nexus of two of our most successful theories of physics: quantum mechanics, which explains the physics of the small, and Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, which explains the physics of the large, including gravity. (Quantum Quotes) Quantum physics forms the foundation of chemistry, explaining how molecules are held together. It describes how real solids and materials behave and how electricity is conducted through them... It enabled the development of transistors, integrated circuits, lasers, LEDs, digital cameras and all the modern gadgetry that surrounds us. (Quantum Quotes) This is a quantum universe ... neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene. (Quantum Quotes) And a new philosophy emerged called quantum physics, which suggest that the individual’s function is to inform and be informed. You really exist only when you’re in a field sharing and exchanging information. You create the realities you inhabit. (Quantum Quotes) For bedtime reading, I usually curl up with a good monograph on quantum physics or string theory, my specialty. But since I was a child, I have been fascinated by science fiction. My all-time favorite is ‘The Foundation Trilogy,’ by Isaac Asimov. (Quantum Quotes) Life is strong and fragile. It’s a paradox... It’s both things, like quantum physics: It’s a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together. (Quantum Quotes) We have to have a combination of general relativity that describes the warping of space and time, and quantum physics, which describes the uncertainties in that warping and how they change. (Quantum Quotes) What you can show using physics, forces this universe to continue to exist. As long as you’re using general relativity and quantum mechanics you are forced to conclude that God exists. (Quantum Quotes) Theology, philosophy, metaphysics, and quantum physics are merely ways for God to have his smart people believe in him (Quantum Quotes) I’d love to go back to Europe in the 20s and 30s, for the beginning of the Psychoanalytic Movement, and Freud and Jung, and all that was going on with discoveries in quantum physics. The whole nature of reality was changing and being challenged. (Quantum Quotes) I finished up my graduate degree in quantum mechanics, but underwent a bit of a personal crisis, recognizing that I didn’t want to do that for the rest of my life. It was too abstract, too far removed from human concerns. (Quantum Quotes) We all hate on ourselves way too much, and there are so many people who think they have to look like those women on TV. That’s so unreasonable. Everybody is supposed to be a different size. And if I can just be confident in myself, then I’ll look better. It’s quantum physics! (Quantum Quotes) Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.] (Quantum Quotes)

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