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> [Our instinctual understanding of reality is the same as most other animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/our-instinctual-understanding-of-reality-is-the-same-as-most-other/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

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## More by Robert Lanza

> [Perhaps, if science is clever enough to see, it will realize that religion may not be too far off with its concrete imagery; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/perhaps-if-science-is-clever-enough-to-see-it-will-realize-that/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [So someday in the near future hopefully rather than having a foot or a leg amputated we'll just give you an injection of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/so-someday-in-the-near-future-hopefully-rather-than-having-a-foot-or/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [The universe bursts into existence from life, not the other way around as we have been taught. For each life there is a universe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/the-universe-bursts-into-existence-from-life-not-the-other-way-around/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [For example, if the big bang had been one-part-in-a billion more powerful, it would have rushed out too fast for the galaxies to form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/for-example-if-the-big-bang-had-been-one-part-in-a-billion-more/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [Any universe that could have preceded consciousness only existed in a probability state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/any-universe-that-could-have-preceded-consciousness-only-existed-in-a/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [I think the answer of course is that space and time are not these hard external objects. Again we're, scientists have been building from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/i-think-the-answer-of-course-is-that-space-and-time-are-not-these/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [I think it's science and physics are just starting to learn from all these experiments. These experiments have been carried out hundreds and hundreds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/i-think-it-s-science-and-physics-are-just-starting-to-learn-from-all/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [We're living through a paradigm shift. People are going to look back at us and say, 'They used to cut people's legs off.' Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/we-re-living-through-a-paradigm-shift-people-are-going-to-look-back/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [Nothing has existence unless you, I, or some living creature perceives it, and how it is perceived further influences that reality. Even time itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/nothing-has-existence-unless-you-i-or-some-living-creature-perceives/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [“By striving to see through the veil of our ordinary perceptions, we can come closer to understanding our profound relationship to all created things—all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/by-striving-to-see-through-the-veil-of-our-ordinary-perceptions-we/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [That's absolutely correct and in addition to that life just isn't an accident of the laws of physics. There's a long list of experiments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/that-s-absolutely-correct-and-in-addition-to-that-life-just-isn-t-an/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [The farther we peer into space, the more we realize that the nature of the universe cannot be understood fully by inspecting spiral galaxies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/the-farther-we-peer-into-space-the-more-we-realize-that-the-nature-of/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [As children we were bombarded by competing answers. Church says one thing, school another. Now as adults it's no surprise that if we discuss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/as-children-we-were-bombarded-by-competing-answers-church-says-one/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/today-s-preoccupation-with-physical-theories-of-everything-takes-a/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

> [We have failed to protect science against speculative extensions of nature, continuing to assign physical and mathematical properties to hypothetical entities beyond what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/we-have-failed-to-protect-science-against-speculative-extensions-of/)

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