The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Well germ warfare of course exists. There have been on a small scale... There have been, of course, a few people who… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Dropping of the atomic bomb was the main subject of conversation for many years and so people had very strong feelings about… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I think that the artificial-intelligence people are making a lot of noise recently, claiming that artificial intelligence is making huge progress and… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Mathematics is really an art, not a science. You could say science also is an art. So I would say the difference… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
That's what I learned from World War II. Things are always more complicated than most people believe. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The climate-studies people who work with models always tend to overestimate their models. They come to believe models are real and forget… — 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
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I think the biggest misconception about mathematics is that everybody has to learn it. That seems to be a complete mistake. All… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people,… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes. — 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
If you're in the business world, that's what's expected: You should go bust and then start again on something else. So it's… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk to every day. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
To me, mathematics is like playing the violin. Some people can do it - others can't. If you don't have it, then… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Mostly I'm just writing books for the public, and so I try to describe for the public what the choices are, what… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The Ph.D. system was designed for a job in academics. And it works really well if you really want to be an… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I think the fact that Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World and talked about anthrax bombs probably helped because at least we...… — 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
Have felt it myself. The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you come to them as a scientist. To feel… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
It's clear the media, of course, always gives you the bad news. And people who rely on the media, like Mr. Trump,… — 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
