Some amazing thoughts and funny insights from the man who is widely considered to be one of the most intelligent people living today. ------------------------------------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”
“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.”
“All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion”
"When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have”
“The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.”
“I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason”
“Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen."
“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit
“It matters if you just don't give up”
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?
If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.
Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.
The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
Memorable quotes for Dead Poets Society (1989) http://www.¬imdb.com/tit¬le/tt0097165¬/quotes
THE LITTLE PRINCE QUOTES: The Little Prince is written by Antoine de Saint-Exupér¬y and translated by Katherine Woods: http://www.¬freewebs.com¬/shirtsleeve¬s/quotes/lit¬tleprince.ht¬ml
Chapter XXI Les hommes ont oublié cette vérité, dit le renard. Mais tu ne dois pas l’oublier. Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoisé. "Men have forgotten this truth,"¬ said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible,¬ forever, for what you have tamed."¬
BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME Stephen W. Hawking Our Picture of the Universe
Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times the results of experiments agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next time the result will not contradict the theory. On the other hand, you can disprove a theory by finding even a single observation that disagrees with the predictions of the theory... Each time new experiments are observed to agree with the predictions the theory survives, and our confidence in it is increased; but if ever a new observation is found to disagree, we have to abandon or modify the theory. 11 .....
What Tyler Durden’s Philosophy Teaches Us About Travel
ertain travel lessons can be gleaned from the philosophy of Tyler Durden. Most of us have seen the movie Fight Club. When it hit theaters in 1999 with an unbelievably carved Brad Pitt and ingeniously beleaguered Ed Norton, author Chuck Palahniuk found himself with a giant, rabid, new fan base dedicated to Tyler Durden and his philosophy....
"Without expectations we go into events and experiences with tremendous freedom and openness. How will things turn out? We literally have no idea, and that’s totally okay! and the ironic thing is that when we give the world its freedom, we find ours. By giving the world its freedom to be as it is, we allow people to blossom in their own way and it’s so much easier for the world to manifest itself in a way that is in alignment with love, freedom, truth, and joy, in a way that is an expression of the highest good for all concerned, yourself included!"
Stephen Hawking
ResponderExcluirSome amazing thoughts and funny insights from the man who is widely considered to be one of the most intelligent people living today.
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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”
“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.”
“All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion”
"When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have”
“The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.”
“I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason”
“Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen."
“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit
“It matters if you just don't give up”
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?
If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.
Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.
The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
Memorable quotes for Dead Poets Society (1989)
ResponderExcluirhttp://www.¬imdb.com/tit¬le/tt0097165¬/quotes
THE LITTLE PRINCE QUOTES: The Little Prince is written by Antoine de Saint-Exupér¬y and translated by Katherine Woods:
http://www.¬freewebs.com¬/shirtsleeve¬s/quotes/lit¬tleprince.ht¬ml
Chapter XXI
Les hommes ont oublié cette vérité, dit le renard. Mais tu ne dois pas l’oublier. Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoisé.
"Men have forgotten this truth,"¬ said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible,¬ forever, for what you have tamed."¬
http://www.generationterrorists.com/quotes/abhotswh.html
ResponderExcluirBRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
Stephen W. Hawking
Our Picture of the Universe
Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times the results of experiments agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next time the result will not contradict the theory. On the other hand, you can disprove a theory by finding even a single observation that disagrees with the predictions of the theory... Each time new experiments are observed to agree with the predictions the theory survives, and our confidence in it is increased; but if ever a new observation is found to disagree, we have to abandon or modify the theory. 11 .....
Stephen Hawking quotes
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Stephen Hawking Quotes
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Carl Sagan, o Cosmos e um pálido ponto azul no Universo
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http://inspiringwords.blogspot.com/
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What Tyler Durden’s Philosophy Teaches Us About Travel
ResponderExcluirertain travel lessons can be gleaned from the philosophy of Tyler Durden.
Most of us have seen the movie Fight Club. When it hit theaters in 1999 with an unbelievably carved Brad Pitt and ingeniously beleaguered Ed Norton, author Chuck Palahniuk found himself with a giant, rabid, new fan base dedicated to Tyler Durden and his philosophy....
http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/01/20/what-tyler-durdens-philosophy-teaches-us-about-travel/
Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
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http://www.ted.com/
"Without expectations we go into events and experiences with tremendous freedom and openness. How will things turn out? We literally have no idea, and that’s totally okay! and the ironic thing is that when we give the world its freedom, we find ours. By giving the world its freedom to be as it is, we allow people to blossom in their own way and it’s so much easier for the world to manifest itself in a way that is in alignment with love, freedom, truth, and joy, in a way that is an expression of the highest good for all concerned, yourself included!"
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