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> [“We invented fire, repeatedly messed up, and then invented the fire extinguisher, fire exit, fire alarm and fire department.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/we-invented-fire-repeatedly-messed-up-and-then-invented-the-fire/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

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## More by Max Tegmark

> [“My personal analysis is that the media have made the AI-safety debate seem more controversial than it really is. After all, fear sells, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/my-personal-analysis-is-that-the-media-have-made-the-ai-safety-debate/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“Chapter 2: How could an infinite space get created in a finite time? It sounds impossible. But as I mentioned, inflation is like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/chapter-2-how-could-an-infinite-space-get-created-in-a-finite-time-it/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“I suspect that if we can build such ultra-intelligent machines, then the first one will be severely limited by the software we’ve written for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/i-suspect-that-if-we-can-build-such-ultra-intelligent-machines-then/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“Aristarchos simply divided it by 3.7 and got the size of the Moon!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/aristarchos-simply-divided-it-by-3-7-and-got-the-size-of-the-moon/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“I view the measure problem as the greatest crisis in physics today.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/i-view-the-measure-problem-as-the-greatest-crisis-in-physics-today/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“the whole can contain less information than the sum of its parts—and sometimes even less than one of its parts!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/the-whole-can-contain-less-information-than-the-sum-of-its-parts-and/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. —Albert Einstein”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/in-theory-theory-and-practice-are-the-same-in-practice-they-are-not/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“Why do we perceive the world as stable and ourselves as local and unique? Here’s my guess: because it’s useful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/why-do-we-perceive-the-world-as-stable-and-ourselves-as-local-and/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“the neuron bundle comes from our eyes, ears, nose, mouth or skin. The key difference lies not in the neurons that carry this information,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/the-neuron-bundle-comes-from-our-eyes-ears-nose-mouth-or-skin-the-key/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“In other words, even though an observer moment objectively occupies less than a liter of volume and a second of time, it subjectively feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/in-other-words-even-though-an-observer-moment-objectively-occupies/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“Neural networks have now transformed both biological and artificial intelligence, and have recently started dominating the AI subfield known as machine learning (the study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/neural-networks-have-now-transformed-both-biological-and-artificial/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“Physics is the ultimate intellectual adventure, the quest to understand the deepest mysteries of our Universe. Physics doesn’t take something fascinating and make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/physics-is-the-ultimate-intellectual-adventure-the-quest-to/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [Our external physical reality is a mathematical structure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/our-external-physical-reality-is-a-mathematical-structure/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“it can start with something smaller than an atom and create an infinite space inside of it, containing infinitely many galaxies, without affecting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/it-can-start-with-something-smaller-than-an-atom-and-create-an/)

[Max Tegmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-tegmark/)

> [“A perfectly obedient superintelligence whose goals automatically align with those of its human owner would be like Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann on steroids: lacking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-tegmark/a-perfectly-obedient-superintelligence-whose-goals-automatically/)

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