Humans Quotes by Martin Rees

10 Humans quotes by Martin Rees

For a science‑savvy view of our place in the cosmos, Martin Rees’s ten brief statements on humans provide a succinct, thought‑stirring snapshot.

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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would…

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Let me say that I don't see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do.…

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The next humans to walk on the moon may be Chinese. Only China seems to have the resources, the dirigiste government, and…

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In this century, not only has science changed the world faster than ever, but in new and different ways. Targeted drugs, genetic…

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There may be organic life out there, or maybe machines created by long-dead civilizations, but any signals, even if they are difficult…

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And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. Flaky American futurologists…

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Ever since Darwin, we've been familiar with the stupendous timespans of the evolutionary past. But most people still somehow think we humans…

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It will not be humans who watch the sun's demise, six billion years from now. Any creatures that then exist will be…

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Most educated people are aware that we're the outcome of nearly 4 billion years of Darwinian selection, but many tend to think…

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Perhaps future space probes will be plastered in commercial logos, just as Formula One cars are now. Perhaps Robot Wars in space…

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“The Sun contains about a thousand times more mass than Jupiter. If it were cold, gravity would squeeze it a million times denser than…

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“We, and the visible universe around us, may exist only because of a difference in the ninth decimal place between the numbers of quarks…

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Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.'

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I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should not rubbish…

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“More energy is needed to rise a millimetre above a neutron star's surface than to break completely free of Earth's gravity. A pen dropped…

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The next humans to walk on the moon may be Chinese. Only China seems to have the resources, the dirigiste government, and the willingness…

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If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to communication. First, they would be many light years…

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There is an ever-widening gap between what science allows and what we should actually do. There are many doors science can open that should…

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An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand.

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