|

|

Advertisements

Martin Rees Quotes

The physicist is like someone who’s watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in the game are. But understanding the rules is just a trivial preliminary on the long route from being a novice to being a grand master. So even if we understand all the laws of physics, then exploring their consequences in the everyday world where complex structures can exist is a far more daunting task, and that’s an inexhaustible one I’m sure Picture Quote #1

If we ever establish contact with intelligent aliens living on a planet around a distant star... They would be made of similar atoms to us. They could trace their origins back to the big bang 13.7 billion years ago, and they would share with us the universe’s future. However, the surest common culture would be mathematics Picture Quote #1

I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft Picture Quote #1

In the beginning there were only probabilities. The universe could only come into existence if someone observed it. It does not matter that the observers turned up several billion years later. The universe exists because we are aware of it Picture Quote #1

To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills Picture Quote #1

I’m not myself religious but have no wish to insult or denigrate those who are Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Some claim that computers will, by 2050, achieve human capabilities. Of course, in some respects they already have Picture Quote #1

Scientists surely have a special responsibility. It is their ideas that form the basis of new technology. They should not be indifferent to the fruits of their ideas. They should forgo experiments that are risky or unethical Picture Quote #1

Science is a part of culture. Indeed, it is the only truly global culture because protons and proteins are the same all over the world, and it’s the one culture we can all share Picture Quote #1

The carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is measured. It’s uncontroversial. It’s going up. We know that has a tendency to warm the atmosphere and we should be worried about that Picture Quote #1

I’m not a specialist in the science but I have followed it fairly closely and it seems to me that there is among the experts a clear consensus that potential climate change is something to worry about Picture Quote #1

The important point there is that when people talk about a mean temperature rise of say two, three or four degrees that’s a sort of global average which really is a signature of large scale change in climatic patterns Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The politics is far harder than the science. And even if we accept the science we have a big issue of how to deal with it Picture Quote #1

It will not be humans who watch the sun’s demise, six billion years from now. Any creatures that then exist will be as different from us as we are from bacteria or amoebae Picture Quote #1

1 2 3

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

The physicist is like someone who’s watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in the game are. But understanding the rules is just a trivial preliminary on the long route from being a novice to being a grand master. So even if we understand all the laws of physics, then exploring their consequences in the everyday world where complex structures can exist is a far more daunting task, and that’s an inexhaustible one I’m sure (Martin Rees Quotes) If we ever establish contact with intelligent aliens living on a planet around a distant star... They would be made of similar atoms to us. They could trace their origins back to the big bang 13.7 billion years ago, and they would share with us the universe’s future. However, the surest common culture would be mathematics (Martin Rees Quotes) I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft (Martin Rees Quotes) In the beginning there were only probabilities. The universe could only come into existence if someone observed it. It does not matter that the observers turned up several billion years later. The universe exists because we are aware of it (Martin Rees Quotes) To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills (Martin Rees Quotes) I’m not myself religious but have no wish to insult or denigrate those who are (Martin Rees Quotes) Some claim that computers will, by 2050, achieve human capabilities. Of course, in some respects they already have (Martin Rees Quotes) Scientists surely have a special responsibility. It is their ideas that form the basis of new technology. They should not be indifferent to the fruits of their ideas. They should forgo experiments that are risky or unethical (Martin Rees Quotes) Science is a part of culture. Indeed, it is the only truly global culture because protons and proteins are the same all over the world, and it’s the one culture we can all share (Martin Rees Quotes) The carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is measured. It’s uncontroversial. It’s going up. We know that has a tendency to warm the atmosphere and we should be worried about that (Martin Rees Quotes) I’m not a specialist in the science but I have followed it fairly closely and it seems to me that there is among the experts a clear consensus that potential climate change is something to worry about (Martin Rees Quotes) The important point there is that when people talk about a mean temperature rise of say two, three or four degrees that’s a sort of global average which really is a signature of large scale change in climatic patterns (Martin Rees Quotes) The politics is far harder than the science. And even if we accept the science we have a big issue of how to deal with it (Martin Rees Quotes) It will not be humans who watch the sun’s demise, six billion years from now. Any creatures that then exist will be as different from us as we are from bacteria or amoebae (Martin Rees Quotes)

1 2 3