Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson
Freeman John Dyson FRSis an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. He is professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, a Visitor of Ralston College, and a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...
together science-and-religion
Some of my friends like to keep science and religion together, but I certainly like to keep them separate.
imagine glory prove
The glory of science is to imagine more than we can prove.
life giving mind
Life is nature's way to give mind oportunities it wouldn't otherwise had.
science understanding mind
Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding.
different window science-and-religion
Science and religion are, of course, two different ways of looking at the universe; and it's the same universe with two different windows.
facts experts honest
It is not surprising that honest and well-informed experts can disagree about facts. But beyond the disagreement about facts, there is another deeper disagreement about values.
long environmental global-warming
We do not know how much of the environmental change is due to human activities and how much [is due] to long-term natural processes over which we have no control.
input dubious climate
Computer models of the climate....[are] a very dubious business if you don't have good inputs.
giving world different
The science window gives you a view of the world, and the religion window gives you a totally different view. You can't look at both of them at the same time, but they're both true.
atmosphere global-warming carbon
We simply don't know yet what's going to happen to the carbon in the atmosphere.
stars rocks hands
Have felt it myself. The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you come to them as a scientist. To feel it's there in your hands, to release this energy that fuels the stars, to let it do your bidding. To perform these miracles, to lift a million tons of rock into the sky. It is something that gives people an illusion of illimitable power and it is, in some ways, responsible for all our troubles - this, what you might call technical arrogance, that overcomes people when they see what they can do with their minds.
minorities majority global-warming
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.
thinking people progress
I think that the artificial-intelligence people are making a lot of noise recently, claiming that artificial intelligence is making huge progress and we're going to be outstripped by the machines.
progress damage done
Ethical progress is the only cure for the damage done by scientific progress.