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Steven Weinberg Quotes

Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it’s like that, then I want out Picture Quote #1

Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we’re so interested in them Picture Quote #1

One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment Picture Quote #1

A theorist today is hardly considered respectable if he or she has not introduced at least one new particle for which there is no experimental evidence Picture Quote #1

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That’s a good thing Picture Quote #1

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion Picture Quote #1

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It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose! Picture Quote #1

If there is no solace in the fruits of our research, there is at least some consolation in the research itself. Men and women are not content to comfort themselves with tales of gods and giants, or to confine their thoughts to the daily affairs of life; they also build telescopes and satellites and accelerators and sit at their desks for endless hours working out the meaning of the data they gather Picture Quote #1

They felt that science would be corrosive to religious belief and they were worried about it. Damn it, I think they were right. It is corrosive to religious belief and it’s a good thing Picture Quote #1

Our job in physics is to see things simply, to understand a great many complicated phenomena in a unified way, in terms of a few simple principles Picture Quote #1

Nothing in physics seems so hopeful to as the idea that it is possible for a theory to have a high degree of symmetry was hidden from us in everyday life. The physicist’s task is to find this deeper symmetry Picture Quote #1

There is now a feeling that the pieces of physics are falling into place, not because of any single revolutionary idea or because of the efforts of any one physicist, but because of a flowering of many seeds of theory, most of them planted long ago Picture Quote #1

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How strange it would be if the final theory were to be discovered in our lifetimes! The discovery of the final laws of nature will mark a discontinuity in human intellectual history, the sharpest that has occurred since the beginning of modern science in the seventeenth century. Can we now imagine what that would be like? Picture Quote #1

It appears that anything you say about the way that theory and experiment may interact is likely to be correct, and anything you say about the way that theory and experiment must interact is likely to be wrong Picture Quote #1

Any possible universe could be explained as the work of some sort of designer. Even a universe that is completely chaotic... could be supposed to have been designed by an idiot Picture Quote #1

I don’t need to argue here that the evil in the world proves that the universe is not designed, but only that there are no signs of benevolence that might have shown the hand of a designer Picture Quote #1

Though aware that there is nothing in the universe that suggests any purpose for humanity, one way that we can find a purpose is to study the universe by the methods of science, without consoling ourselves with fairy tales about its future, or about our own Picture Quote #1

Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization Picture Quote #1

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Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes in previous beliefs Picture Quote #1

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Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it’s like that, then I want out (Steven Weinberg Quotes) Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we’re so interested in them (Steven Weinberg Quotes) One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment (Steven Weinberg Quotes) A theorist today is hardly considered respectable if he or she has not introduced at least one new particle for which there is no experimental evidence (Steven Weinberg Quotes) I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That’s a good thing (Steven Weinberg Quotes) With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion (Steven Weinberg Quotes) It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose! (Steven Weinberg Quotes) If there is no solace in the fruits of our research, there is at least some consolation in the research itself. Men and women are not content to comfort themselves with tales of gods and giants, or to confine their thoughts to the daily affairs of life; they also build telescopes and satellites and accelerators and sit at their desks for endless hours working out the meaning of the data they gather (Steven Weinberg Quotes) They felt that science would be corrosive to religious belief and they were worried about it. Damn it, I think they were right. It is corrosive to religious belief and it’s a good thing (Steven Weinberg Quotes) Our job in physics is to see things simply, to understand a great many complicated phenomena in a unified way, in terms of a few simple principles (Steven Weinberg Quotes) Nothing in physics seems so hopeful to as the idea that it is possible for a theory to have a high degree of symmetry was hidden from us in everyday life. The physicist’s task is to find this deeper symmetry (Steven Weinberg Quotes) There is now a feeling that the pieces of physics are falling into place, not because of any single revolutionary idea or because of the efforts of any one physicist, but because of a flowering of many seeds of theory, most of them planted long ago (Steven Weinberg Quotes) How strange it would be if the final theory were to be discovered in our lifetimes! The discovery of the final laws of nature will mark a discontinuity in human intellectual history, the sharpest that has occurred since the beginning of modern science in the seventeenth century. Can we now imagine what that would be like? (Steven Weinberg Quotes) It appears that anything you say about the way that theory and experiment may interact is likely to be correct, and anything you say about the way that theory and experiment must interact is likely to be wrong (Steven Weinberg Quotes) Any possible universe could be explained as the work of some sort of designer. Even a universe that is completely chaotic... could be supposed to have been designed by an idiot (Steven Weinberg Quotes) I don’t need to argue here that the evil in the world proves that the universe is not designed, but only that there are no signs of benevolence that might have shown the hand of a designer (Steven Weinberg Quotes) Though aware that there is nothing in the universe that suggests any purpose for humanity, one way that we can find a purpose is to study the universe by the methods of science, without consoling ourselves with fairy tales about its future, or about our own (Steven Weinberg Quotes) Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization (Steven Weinberg Quotes) Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes in previous beliefs (Steven Weinberg Quotes)

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