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> [Why is there something rather than nothing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/why-is-there-something-rather-than-nothing/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

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## More by Frank Wilczek

> [An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/an-ordinary-mistake-is-one-that-leads-to-a-dead-end-while-a-profound/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

> [When religion talks about our aspirations and our sense of morality, I do not believe that science can contradict it. However, when religion contradicts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/when-religion-talks-about-our-aspirations-and-our-sense-of-morality-i/)

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> [Knowing how to calculate something is not the same as understanding it. Having a computer to calculate the origin of mass for us may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/knowing-how-to-calculate-something-is-not-the-same-as-understanding/)

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> [Many of my heroes, like Galileo, Maxwell, Newton and, less explicitly, Einstein thought what they were doing was finding out what God is. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/many-of-my-heroes-like-galileo-maxwell-newton-and-less-explicitly/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

> [In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/in-physics-your-solution-should-convince-a-reasonable-person-in-math/)

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> [I believe that everything you've said is not even wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/i-believe-that-everything-you-ve-said-is-not-even-wrong/)

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> [“The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that ‘nothing’ is unstable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/the-answer-to-the-ancient-question-why-is-there-something-rather-than/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

> [The brain rewards us for interacting with beautiful things. In this way, evolution wants to encourage us to do what is good for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/the-brain-rewards-us-for-interacting-with-beautiful-things-in-this/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

> [The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/the-answer-to-the-ancient-question-why-is-there-something-rather-than-2/)

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> [I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/i-m-convinced-that-art-and-science-activate-the-same-parts-of-the/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

> [Why is there something rather than nothing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/why-is-there-something-rather-than-nothing/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

> [In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/in-physics-you-don-t-have-to-go-around-making-trouble-for-yourself/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

> [“If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/if-you-don-t-make-mistakes-you-re-not-working-on-hard-enough-problems-2/)

[Frank Wilczek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-wilczek/)

> [If you dont make mistakes, youre not working on hard enough problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/if-you-dont-make-mistakes-youre-not-working-on-hard-enough-problems/)

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> [I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-wilczek/i-went-off-to-college-planning-to-major-in-math-or-philosophy-of/)

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