Quote #52

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

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  1. My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
  2. The world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not political or economic but tech…
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  4. There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature.
  5. It matters if you just don't give up.
  6. To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
  7. It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
  8. We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.

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