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> [I will never probably have the mathematical foundation to truly understand what string theorists are talking about, but it feels good, just for its own sake, to get as close to an understanding as you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-will-never-probably-have-the-mathematical-foundation-to-truly/)

[Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/)

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## Other authors on String Theorists

## More by Jon Spaihts

> [Most of my life, I thought that I would end up a novelist. But then, in New York City, after college, I started a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/most-of-my-life-i-thought-that-i-would-end-up-a-novelist-but-then-in/)

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> [I will never probably have the mathematical foundation to truly understand what string theorists are talking about, but it feels good, just for its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-will-never-probably-have-the-mathematical-foundation-to-truly/)

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> [I grew up a really nerdy kid. I read science fiction and fantasy voraciously, for the first 16 years of my life. I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-grew-up-a-really-nerdy-kid-i-read-science-fiction-and-fantasy/)

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> [The world may hold startling developments and shocking unknowns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/the-world-may-hold-startling-developments-and-shocking-unknowns/)

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> [I never stopped loving the deeper sciences, and I read as deeply into lay science as I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-never-stopped-loving-the-deeper-sciences-and-i-read-as-deeply-into/)

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> [You want magic to feel real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/you-want-magic-to-feel-real/)

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> [The reality of space travel I think is somewhere in the middle. We will get there, it will be hard, it will take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/the-reality-of-space-travel-i-think-is-somewhere-in-the-middle-we/)

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> [A lot of screenwriters have a drawer of unsold scripts that they cut their teeth on. I don't have one. Everything I've written, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/a-lot-of-screenwriters-have-a-drawer-of-unsold-scripts-that-they-cut/)

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> [I studied physics at Princeton when I was a college student, and my initial intention was to major in it but to also be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-studied-physics-at-princeton-when-i-was-a-college-student-and-my/)

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> [The science fiction I write comes from a pretty deep pool of literature, not just from the reflection of other science fiction films, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/the-science-fiction-i-write-comes-from-a-pretty-deep-pool-of/)

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> [When a new writer comes onto a project, he'll make wholesale changes just to mark the territory or for greater credit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/when-a-new-writer-comes-onto-a-project-he-ll-make-wholesale-changes/)

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> [An X-wing fighter flies like an airplane. If you look at the physics, it's actually quite impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/an-x-wing-fighter-flies-like-an-airplane-if-you-look-at-the-physics/)

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> [I think the greatest danger of the promise of space travel is that it can lead us to be cavalier about the world we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-think-the-greatest-danger-of-the-promise-of-space-travel-is-that-it/)

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> [I try to keep up, and the scientific perspective is always part of my creative approach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-try-to-keep-up-and-the-scientific-perspective-is-always-part-of-my/)

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> [You want the mystical understanding of the cosmos to feel compatible with a scientific understanding of the cosmos, like it extends our understanding rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/you-want-the-mystical-understanding-of-the-cosmos-to-feel-compatible/)

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