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Freeman Dyson Quotes: "If you want to have a program for moving out into the universe, you have to think in centuries not in decades."

If you want to have a program for moving out into the universe, you have to think in centuries not in decades.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The greatest unsolved mysteries are the mysteries of our existence as conscious beings in a small corner of a vast universe."

The greatest unsolved mysteries are the mysteries of our existence as conscious beings in a small corner of a vast universe.




Freeman Dyson Quotes: "A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering."

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Technology must be guided and driven by ethics if it is to do more than provide new toys for the rich."

Technology must be guided and driven by ethics if it is to do more than provide new toys for the rich.




Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm."

The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science."

Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad."

In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad.




Freeman Dyson Quotes: "So long as you have courage and a sense of humor, it is never too late to start life afresh."

So long as you have courage and a sense of humor, it is never too late to start life afresh.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences."

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "In the future, a new generation of artists will be writing genomes as fluently as Blake and Byron wrote verses."

In the future, a new generation of artists will be writing genomes as fluently as Blake and Byron wrote verses.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple."

The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes."

The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.




Freeman Dyson Quotes: "CO2 is so beneficial...it would be crazy to try to reduce it"

CO2 is so beneficial...it would be crazy to try to reduce it



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs."

The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "It is better to be wrong than to be vague."

It is better to be wrong than to be vague.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries."

Science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension."

I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories."

When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment."

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right."

In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice."

We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "We do not need to have an agreed set of goals before we do something ambitious!"

We do not need to have an agreed set of goals before we do something ambitious!



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear."

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "To me, mathematics is like playing the violin. Some people can do it - others can't. If you don't have it, then there's no point in pretending."

To me, mathematics is like playing the violin. Some people can do it - others can't. If you don't have it, then there's no point in pretending.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "No matter how far we go into the future, there will always be new things happening, new information coming in, new worlds to explore, a constantly expanding domain of life, consciousness, and memory."

No matter how far we go into the future, there will always be new things happening, new information coming in, new worlds to explore, a constantly expanding domain of life, consciousness, and memory.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use."

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The media always tries to make everything into a disaster, but it's mostly rubbish."

The media always tries to make everything into a disaster, but it's mostly rubbish.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "We cannot hope to either understand or to manage the carbon in the atmosphere unless we understand and manage the trees and the soil too."

We cannot hope to either understand or to manage the carbon in the atmosphere unless we understand and manage the trees and the soil too.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Everything in my life was luck. The key to having an interesting life is to always say "yes" to anything crazy."

Everything in my life was luck. The key to having an interesting life is to always say "yes" to anything crazy.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense must have known that we were coming."

The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense must have known that we were coming.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "I'm happy that I've raised six kids, and not one of them is a Ph.D."

I'm happy that I've raised six kids, and not one of them is a Ph.D.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts and principles by means of which new theories can be created."

For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts and principles by means of which new theories can be created.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist."

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes."

Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "If we want to go to space with humans, that's for fun not for science. Human adventures in space are just sporting events."

If we want to go to space with humans, that's for fun not for science. Human adventures in space are just sporting events.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them."

Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "To give us room to explore the varieties of mind and body into which our genome can evolve, one planet is not enough."

To give us room to explore the varieties of mind and body into which our genome can evolve, one planet is not enough.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Nothing is boring if you look at carefully."

Nothing is boring if you look at carefully.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past centuries, has recently ended in divorce."

I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past centuries, has recently ended in divorce.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "One factor that has remained constant through all the twists and turns of the history of physical science is the decisive importance of the mathematical imagination."

One factor that has remained constant through all the twists and turns of the history of physical science is the decisive importance of the mathematical imagination.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "That was the wonderful thing about Ramanujan. He discovered so much, and yet he left so much more in his garden for other people to discover."

That was the wonderful thing about Ramanujan. He discovered so much, and yet he left so much more in his garden for other people to discover.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding."

Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths"

Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "I think it's a big mistake to decide too soon what you're going to do with your life."

I think it's a big mistake to decide too soon what you're going to do with your life.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Vegetation is really controlling what happens...whereas the emphasis in the climate models has always been on the atmosphere."

Vegetation is really controlling what happens...whereas the emphasis in the climate models has always been on the atmosphere.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The reason why new concepts in any branch of science are hard to grasp is always the same; contemporary scientists try to picture the new concept in terms of ideas which existed before."

The reason why new concepts in any branch of science are hard to grasp is always the same; contemporary scientists try to picture the new concept in terms of ideas which existed before.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "Ethical progress is the only cure for the damage done by scientific progress."

Ethical progress is the only cure for the damage done by scientific progress.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility."

The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility.



Freeman Dyson Quotes: "The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well."

The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well.