I am hoping that the scientists and politicians who have been blindly demonizing carbon dioxide for 37 years will one day open… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Most of the crackpot papers which are submitted to The Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to understand them,… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
From my childhood it has been my conviction that men would reach the planets in my lifetime . . . this conviction… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
When the great innovation appears, it will almost certainly be in muddled, incomplete and confusing form. ... For any speculation which does… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I think it's much better to have your eyes open, but on the other hand, of course it can do harm if… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The world is just - it's wonderful when you look at all the detail. It's just amazing. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
As we look out into the Universe and identify the many accidents of physics and astronomy that have worked together to our… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Humanity looks to me like a magnificent beginning but not the final word. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I'm a mathematician, basically. What I do is look around for problems where I can find useful applications for mathematics. All I… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
For any speculation which does not at first glance look crazy, there is no hope. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Science and religion are two windows that people look through, trying to understand the big universe outside, trying to understand why we… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The science window gives you a view of the world, and the religion window gives you a totally different view. You can't… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places,… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to make real progress in technology without gambling.” — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“Sanity is, in essence, nothing more than the ability to live in harmony with nature's laws.” — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“I do not feel like an alien in this universe. The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
It makes very little sense to believe the output of the climate models. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they were impossible. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
When World War II came along, which was when I was a teenager, we all expected we would have anthrax bombs and this kind… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
