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> [When one studies the properties of atoms, one found that the reality is far stranger than anybody would have invented in the form of fiction. Particles really do have the possibility of, in some sense, being in more than one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/when-one-studies-the-properties-of-atoms-one-found-that-the-reality/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

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## More by Alan Guth

> [If one just tried to invent a universe on one's own, it would probably end up being a much less colorful and interesting universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/if-one-just-tried-to-invent-a-universe-on-one-s-own-it-would-probably/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/space-is-certainly-something-more-complicated-than-the-average-person/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [I am not aware of any sensible theory of how classical gravity could interact with quantum matter, and I can't imagine how such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/i-am-not-aware-of-any-sensible-theory-of-how-classical-gravity-could/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [My parents were not at all involved in science. In fact, neither of them went to college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/my-parents-were-not-at-all-involved-in-science-in-fact-neither-of/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [The idea of combining the physics of modern particle theory with cosmology was very young when I started working on cosmology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/the-idea-of-combining-the-physics-of-modern-particle-theory-with/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [It is rather fantastic to realize that the laws of physics can describe how everything was created in a random quantum fluctuation out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/it-is-rather-fantastic-to-realize-that-the-laws-of-physics-can/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [Reformed Jews don't have to quite believe in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/reformed-jews-don-t-have-to-quite-believe-in-god/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [When one studies the properties of atoms, one found that the reality is far stranger than anybody would have invented in the form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/when-one-studies-the-properties-of-atoms-one-found-that-the-reality/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [If you bang two electrons together with enough energy, you produce protons. If there are no independent laws, then all the properties of protons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/if-you-bang-two-electrons-together-with-enough-energy-you-produce/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged, why it banged, or what happened before it banged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/the-big-bang-theory-says-nothing-about-what-banged-why-it-banged-or/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [The recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/the-recent-developments-in-cosmology-strongly-suggest-that-the/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [It's actually safe to create a universe in your basement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/it-s-actually-safe-to-create-a-universe-in-your-basement/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [I think I always wanted to go into physics. What always fascinated me about science was the desire to understand what underlies it all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/i-think-i-always-wanted-to-go-into-physics-what-always-fascinated-me/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [From a theoretical point of view, it is very hard to imagine how gravity could avoid being quantized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/from-a-theoretical-point-of-view-it-is-very-hard-to-imagine-how/)

[Alan Guth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-guth/)

> [I'm pretty slow at writing papers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-guth/i-m-pretty-slow-at-writing-papers/)

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