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> [“Historically, nature has been very good at surprising us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/historically-nature-has-been-very-good-at-surprising-us/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

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## More by Sean Carroll

> [“Nothingness, after all, is simpler than any one particular existing thing ever could be; there is only one nothing, and many kinds of something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/nothingness-after-all-is-simpler-than-any-one-particular-existing/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Christopher Savage have calculated that in reasonable models, we expect about ten dark-matter particles to interact with the atoms in a typical human body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/christopher-savage-have-calculated-that-in-reasonable-models-we/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“The move from description to prescription, from saying what happens to passing judgment on what should happen, is a creative one, a fundamentally human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/the-move-from-description-to-prescription-from-saying-what-happens-to/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Science and religion both make claims about the fundamental workings of the universe. Although these claims are not a priori incompatible (we could imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/science-and-religion-both-make-claims-about-the-fundamental-workings/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Then we compare the predicted abundance of such a WIMP with the actual abundance of dark matter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/then-we-compare-the-predicted-abundance-of-such-a-wimp-with-the/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“This is not a universe that is advancing toward a goal; it is one that is caught in the grip of an unbreakable pattern.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/this-is-not-a-universe-that-is-advancing-toward-a-goal-it-is-one-that/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“an elegant mechanism emerges: a broken symmetry, hidden from our view by a field pervading space.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/an-elegant-mechanism-emerges-a-broken-symmetry-hidden-from-our-view/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Part of the sting was taken away when the American Physical Society awarded its 2010 Sakurai Prize in theoretical physics to Hagen, Englert, Guralnik,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/part-of-the-sting-was-taken-away-when-the-american-physical-society/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“We are part of the universe that has developed a remarkable ability: We can hold an image of the world in our minds. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/we-are-part-of-the-universe-that-has-developed-a-remarkable-ability/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“If our lives are brief and undirected, at least we can take pride in our mutual courage as we struggle to understand things much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/if-our-lives-are-brief-and-undirected-at-least-we-can-take-pride-in/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Where misunderstanding dwells, misuse will not be far behind. No theory in the history of science has been more misused and abused by cranks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/where-misunderstanding-dwells-misuse-will-not-be-far-behind-no-theory/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“What started the ball rolling was a psychological conviction: the idea that something as horrible as these infant deaths couldn't just be random: someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/what-started-the-ball-rolling-was-a-psychological-conviction-the-idea/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“It’s only because the data force us into corners that we are inspired to create the highly counterintuitive structures that form the basis for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/it-s-only-because-the-data-force-us-into-corners-that-we-are-inspired/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“Historically, nature has been very good at surprising us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/historically-nature-has-been-very-good-at-surprising-us/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

> [“The meaning we find in life is not transacendent, but it's no less meaningful for that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-carroll/the-meaning-we-find-in-life-is-not-transacendent-but-it-s-no-less/)

[Sean Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-carroll/)

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