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.
BRIAN GREENEFree will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.
More Brian Greene Quotes
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Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules… Mathematicians are more like classical composers.
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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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I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself was really the first to look for.
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A watch worn by a particle of light would not tick at all. Light realizes the dreams of Ponce de Leon and the cosmetics industry: it doesn’t age.
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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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Art makes us human, music makes us human, and I deeply feel that science makes us human.
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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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Instead, a faint mist of light will fall for eternity through an ever colder and quieter cosmos.
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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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We do not know whether there are extra dimensions or multiverse. Let’s go forward with the possible ideas that come out of the mathematics. It’s hard for us to imagine a universe that would have no time at all.
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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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…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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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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We’re on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what I consider the deepest questions.
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Energy is the ultimate convertable currency.
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