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> [It's as great a part of the human adventure to invent things as to understand them. John Randall wasn't a great scientist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/it-s-as-great-a-part-of-the-human-adventure-to-invent-things-as-to/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

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> [Science was blamed for all the horrors of World War I, just as it's blamed today for nuclear weapons and quite rightly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/science-was-blamed-for-all-the-horrors-of-world-war-i-just-as-it-s/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

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> [I grew up in England at a time when England was winning Nobel Prizes right and left. I mean it was amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/i-grew-up-in-england-at-a-time-when-england-was-winning-nobel-prizes/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

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## More by Freeman Dyson

> [For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/for-a-physicist-mathematics-is-not-just-a-tool-by-means-of-which/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [“It is impossible to make real progress in technology without gambling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/it-is-impossible-to-make-real-progress-in-technology-without-gambling/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [“Sanity is, in essence, nothing more than the ability to live in harmony with nature's laws.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/sanity-is-in-essence-nothing-more-than-the-ability-to-live-in-harmony/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [“I do not feel like an alien in this universe. The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/i-do-not-feel-like-an-alien-in-this-universe-the-more-i-examine-the/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [It makes very little sense to believe the output of the climate models.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/it-makes-very-little-sense-to-believe-the-output-of-the-climate-models/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/the-laws-of-nature-are-constructed-in-such-a-way-as-to-make-the/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they were impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/the-history-of-mathematics-is-a-history-of-horrendously-difficult/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/you-ask-what-is-the-meaning-or-purpose-of-life-i-can-only-answer-with/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [When World War II came along, which was when I was a teenager, we all expected we would have anthrax bombs and this kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/when-world-war-ii-came-along-which-was-when-i-was-a-teenager-we-all/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/it-has-become-part-of-the-accepted-wisdom-to-say-that-the-twentieth/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/lucky-individuals-in-each-generation-find-technology-appropriate-to/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [A model is done when nothing else can be taken out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/a-model-is-done-when-nothing-else-can-be-taken-out/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [I am hoping that the scientists and politicians who have been blindly demonizing carbon dioxide for 37 years will one day open their eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/i-am-hoping-that-the-scientists-and-politicians-who-have-been-blindly/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [Intelligence may indeed be a benign influence creating isolated groups of philosopher-kings far apart in the heavens... On the other hand, intelligence may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/intelligence-may-indeed-be-a-benign-influence-creating-isolated/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

> [Most of the crackpot papers which are submitted to The Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to understand them, but because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/most-of-the-crackpot-papers-which-are-submitted-to-the-physical/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

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