When I give this talk to a physics audience, I remove the quotes from my ‘Theorem’.
BRIAN GREENEFor most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics.
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Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.
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I’ve seen children’s eyes light up when I tell them about black holes and the Big Bang.
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For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics.
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Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.
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So many galaxies, so many planets out there in the universe circling so many stars… it just feels like there’s a very good chance that there is another Earth-like planet out there that is able to support some kind of life similar to what we’re familiar with.
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String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loaf. The other slices would be displaced from ours in some extra dimension of space.
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I enjoy reading blogs, but am not interested in having my spurious thoughts out there.
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Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that’s precise, predictive and reliable – a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional.
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Every moment is as real as every other. Every ‘now,’ when you say, ‘This is the real moment,’ is as real as every other ‘now’ – and therefore all the moments are just out there. Just as every location in space is out there, I think every moment in time is out there, too.
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When you drive your car, E = mc2 is at work. As the engine burns gasoline to produce energy in the form of motion, it does so by converting some of the gasoline’s mass into energy, in accord with Einstein’s formula.
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Energy is the ultimate convertable currency.
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You should never be surprised by or feel the need to explain why any physical system is in a high entropy state.
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To tell you the truth, I’ve never met anybody who can envision more than three dimensions. There are some who claim they can, and maybe they can; it’s hard to say.
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The real question is whether all your pondering and analyses will convince you that life is worth living. That’s what it all comes down to.
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…things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren’t, we wouldn’t be here to notice.
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