String theory is the most developed theory with the capacity to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics in a consistent manner.
BRIAN GREENEIf someone wants to place the word ‘God’ on those collections of words, it’s OK with me.
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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 boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
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The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental. It is so opposite to the way science needs to be brought forth.
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I like ‘The Simpsons’ quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It’s great.
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But if you think about a practical implication of enriching your life and giving you a sense of being part of a larger cosmos and possibly being able to use this [gravitational waves] as a tool in the future.
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How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?
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The idea that there could be other universes out there is really one that stretches the mind in a great way.
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Gravity is matter’s sugar daddy.
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Art makes us human, music makes us human, and I deeply feel that science makes us human.
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Energy is the ultimate convertable currency.
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I was holding [my four-year-old daughter] and I said, ‘Sophia, I love you more than anything in the universe.’ And she turned to me and said, ‘Daddy, universe or multiverse?’
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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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Instead, a faint mist of light will fall for eternity through an ever colder and quieter cosmos.
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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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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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