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For the record: Quantum mechanics does not deny the existence of objective reality. Nor does it imply that mere thoughts can change external events. Effects still require causes, so if you want to change the universe, you need to act on it.

Lawrence M. Krauss

Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula.

Course in General Linguistics

Our God Is Alive and Well. Sorry About Yours.

Contact

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men.

Cosmos

We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be.

Cosmos

Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs.

Cosmos

Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.

Ethics

In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Paul Tillich

Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.

Across the Frontiers

Adaptability to change is itself a hallmark of successful education.

Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers

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Treatise On Natural Philosophy

The best book on programming for the layman is 'Alice in Wonderland'; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.

Alan Perlis

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.

Shakuntala Devi

Belief in the causal nexus is superstition.

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

The silent adjustments to understand colloquial language are enormously complicated.

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?

Nathan Myhrvold

It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do.

Nathan Myhrvold

If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.

Nathan Myhrvold

For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.

Neil deGrasse Tyson