Quote #57

We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow for life.

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  1. 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.
  2. When I hear of Schrodinger's cat, I reach for my gun.
  3. To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
  4. I think it would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more pr…
  5. There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature.
  6. I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason.
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  8. The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

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