All of modern physics is governed by that magnificent and thoroughly confusing discipline called quantum mechanics ... It has survived all tests and there is no reason to believe that there is any flaw in it. We all know how… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital. — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results. — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
Superstitions typically involve seeing order where in fact there is none, and denial amounts to rejecting evidence of regularities, sometimes even ones that are… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
I thought of killing myself but soon decided that I could always try MIT and then kill myself later if it was that bad… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of some heavy,… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm. — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs. — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
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