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Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life."

The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing."

My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.




Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money."

A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day."

In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.




Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether."

The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates."

But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister."

It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister.




Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas."

Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy."

I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists."

At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means."

As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do."

It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do.




Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later."

So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work."

My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery."

When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the alleged age of senility for theorists."

It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the alleged age of senility for theorists.



Robert B. Laughlin Quotes: "Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth."

Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth.