A THREAD on insightful ideas by Brian Greene:
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Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species.
And it’s no wonder.
We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand than the story of creation?
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Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species.
And it’s no wonder.
We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand than the story of creation?
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When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level.
When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level.
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Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.
Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.
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Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent.
Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent.
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You should never be surprised by or feel the need to explain why any physical system is in a high entropy state.
You should never be surprised by or feel the need to explain why any physical system is in a high entropy state.
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The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics.
The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics.
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We're on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what I consider the deepest questions.
We're on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what I consider the deepest questions.
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The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
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Far from being accidental details, the properties of nature's basic building blocks are deeply entwined with the fabric of space and time.
Far from being accidental details, the properties of nature's basic building blocks are deeply entwined with the fabric of space and time.
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I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.
I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.
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In the inflationary multiverse, our universe could well be an island oasis in a gigantic but largely inhospitable cosmic archipelago.
In the inflationary multiverse, our universe could well be an island oasis in a gigantic but largely inhospitable cosmic archipelago.
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String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe—from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars, from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the...
String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe—from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars, from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the...
...majestic swirl of heavenly galaxies—are reflections of one grand physical principle, one master equation.
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We begin life as uninhibited explorers with a boundless fascination for the ever growing world to which we have access.
And what I find amazing is that if that fascination is fed, and if it's challenged, and if it's nurtured, it can grow to an intellect...
We begin life as uninhibited explorers with a boundless fascination for the ever growing world to which we have access.
And what I find amazing is that if that fascination is fed, and if it's challenged, and if it's nurtured, it can grow to an intellect...
...capable of grappling with such marvels as the quantum nature of reality, the energy locked inside the atom, the curved spacetime of the cosmos, the elementary constituents of matter,...
... the genetic code underlying life, the neural circuitry responsible for consciousness, and perhaps even the very origin of the universe.
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