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> [“When society puts some small fraction of its wealth into asking and answering big questions, it reminds us all of the curiosity we have about our universe. And that leads to all sorts of good places.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/when-society-puts-some-small-fraction-of-its-wealth-into-asking-and/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

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## More by Sean Carroll

> [“Nothingness, after all, is simpler than any one particular existing thing ever could be; there is only one nothing, and many kinds of something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/nothingness-after-all-is-simpler-than-any-one-particular-existing/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Christopher Savage have calculated that in reasonable models, we expect about ten dark-matter particles to interact with the atoms in a typical human body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/christopher-savage-have-calculated-that-in-reasonable-models-we/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“The move from description to prescription, from saying what happens to passing judgment on what should happen, is a creative one, a fundamentally human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/the-move-from-description-to-prescription-from-saying-what-happens-to/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Science and religion both make claims about the fundamental workings of the universe. Although these claims are not a priori incompatible (we could imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/science-and-religion-both-make-claims-about-the-fundamental-workings/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Then we compare the predicted abundance of such a WIMP with the actual abundance of dark matter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/then-we-compare-the-predicted-abundance-of-such-a-wimp-with-the/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“This is not a universe that is advancing toward a goal; it is one that is caught in the grip of an unbreakable pattern.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/this-is-not-a-universe-that-is-advancing-toward-a-goal-it-is-one-that/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“an elegant mechanism emerges: a broken symmetry, hidden from our view by a field pervading space.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/an-elegant-mechanism-emerges-a-broken-symmetry-hidden-from-our-view/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Part of the sting was taken away when the American Physical Society awarded its 2010 Sakurai Prize in theoretical physics to Hagen, Englert, Guralnik,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/part-of-the-sting-was-taken-away-when-the-american-physical-society/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“We are part of the universe that has developed a remarkable ability: We can hold an image of the world in our minds. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/we-are-part-of-the-universe-that-has-developed-a-remarkable-ability/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“If our lives are brief and undirected, at least we can take pride in our mutual courage as we struggle to understand things much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/if-our-lives-are-brief-and-undirected-at-least-we-can-take-pride-in/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Where misunderstanding dwells, misuse will not be far behind. No theory in the history of science has been more misused and abused by cranks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/where-misunderstanding-dwells-misuse-will-not-be-far-behind-no-theory/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“What started the ball rolling was a psychological conviction: the idea that something as horrible as these infant deaths couldn't just be random: someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/what-started-the-ball-rolling-was-a-psychological-conviction-the-idea/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“It’s only because the data force us into corners that we are inspired to create the highly counterintuitive structures that form the basis for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/it-s-only-because-the-data-force-us-into-corners-that-we-are-inspired/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Historically, nature has been very good at surprising us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/historically-nature-has-been-very-good-at-surprising-us/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“The meaning we find in life is not transacendent, but it's no less meaningful for that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/the-meaning-we-find-in-life-is-not-transacendent-but-it-s-no-less/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

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