Becoming a real researcher has been the ultimate humbling experience for me. Nature is the examiner from hell; if you find new things at all, you always find them the hard way, with sweat and tears. Only then do you… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
...it's the process of losing oneself in the jungle that makes science worth doing. — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
Thus, the distance between any two galaxies increases in time, creating the illusion of mechanical motion. But in reality, galaxies just sit there, contemplating… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
I've always felt that copious use of the word 'something' allows anyone to solve any problem, even insoluble ones. — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
Although the term dialogue was really a euphemism for scientists trying to kill each other, this format worked very well. — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
Becoming a real researcher has been the ultimate humbling experience for me. Nature is the examiner from hell; if you find new things at… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that we should never believe a scientific theory until it is verified by experiment. But a famous astronomer has also… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
My diary entries during this period constantly refer to the importance of learning how to take criticism. If you shut yourself in your own… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
Thinking can be lateral or "sweaty". For the latter you're better off in an office and following a routine but for the former you… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
The game of science can accurately be described as a never-ending insult to human intelligence. — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
Inflation is really like drugging the baby universe with speed. The supercool union of the hitherto unfriendly gods was blessed by amphetamine, and this… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
For instance, the blood of hibernating arctic squirrels may supercool to minus 3 degrees, when it would normally congeal. The supercooled blood still flows,… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
