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...
becomes beyond god mind passed scale
God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.
giving mind earth
To give us room to explore the varieties of mind and body into which our genome can evolve, one planet is not enough.
mind religion scales
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.
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.
mindset vague
It is better to be wrong than to be vague.
wise thinking mind
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
bit close crash flying
Politically speaking, of course, they have to keep flying it a bit longer. Hopefully, it will close down before they crash it again.
certainly lives people risking
It was people risking their lives to do something that hadn't been done before. That's certainly something good.
hard program turn welfare
It's a welfare program for the industry, so it's hard to turn off.
book writing people
Mostly I'm just writing books for the public, and so I try to describe for the public what the choices are, what they might have to expect in the future and so by warning people ahead of time maybe you have an effect.
fun latin thinking
I grew up in England and we spent most of the time on Latin and Greek and very little on science, and I think that was good because it meant we didn't get turned off. It was... Science was something we did for fun and not because we had to.
war brave-new-world thinking
I think the fact that Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World and talked about anthrax bombs probably helped because at least we... people had the understanding before the war began that's something we didn't want to get into.
eye thinking hands
I think it's much better to have your eyes open, but on the other hand, of course it can do harm if you tell people look, there's all these terrible things you can do and then some idiot may go ahead and do it.