--- title: "15 Will Quotes By Martin Rees" description: "15 Will quotes by Martin Rees. Plus more from Martin Rees and more Will sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/martin-rees-3002_achieve_some-claim-that-computers-will-by-2050-a_2334970.jpg" --- > [Some claim that computers will, by 2050, achieve human capabilities. Of course, in some respects they already have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/some-claim-that-computers-will-by-2050-achieve-human-capabilities-of/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/martin-rees-3002_achieve_some-claim-that-computers-will-by-2050-a_2334970.jpg) > [I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/i-hope-that-by-2050-the-entire-solar-system-will-have-been-explored/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/martin-rees-3002_hope_i-hope-that-by-2050-the-entire-solar-sys_1478692.jpg) > [If you are teaching Muslim sixth formers in a school, and you tell them they can't have their God and Darwin, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/if-you-are-teaching-muslim-sixth-formers-in-a-school-and-you-tell/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/martin-rees-3002_choose_if-you-are-teaching-muslim-sixth-formers_2576484.jpg) > [Post-human intelligence will develop hypercomputers with the processing power to simulate living things - even entire worlds. Perhaps advanced beings could use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/post-human-intelligence-will-develop-hypercomputers-with-the/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/martin-rees-3002_advanced_post-human-intelligence-will-develop-hyp_503448.jpg) > [Stars that become supernovae start off at least eight times heavier than our sun. They're so short-lived that, even if they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/stars-that-become-supernovae-start-off-at-least-eight-times-heavier/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4de/martin-rees-3002_astronomy_stars-that-become-supernovae-start-off-a_3006156.jpg) > [Some global hazards are insidious. They stem from pressure on energy supplies, food, water and other natural resources. And they will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/some-global-hazards-are-insidious-they-stem-from-pressure-on-energy/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/martin-rees-3002_billion_some-global-hazards-are-insidious-they-s_2838919.jpg) > [The next humans to walk on the moon may be Chinese. Only China seems to have the resources, the dirigiste government, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-next-humans-to-walk-on-the-moon-may-be-chinese-only-china-seems/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/martin-rees-3002_american_the-next-humans-to-walk-on-the-moon-may_195730.jpg) > [The atmospheric CO2 concentration is rising - mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels. It's agreed that this build-up will, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-atmospheric-co2-concentration-is-rising-mainly-due-to-the-burning/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/martin-rees-3002_agreed_the-atmospheric-co2-concentration-is-ris_2942389.jpg) > [When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/when-scientists-are-asked-what-they-are-working-on-their-response-is/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/martin-rees-3002_asked_when-scientists-are-asked-what-they-are_14527.jpg) > [And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. Flaky American futurologists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/and-we-should-keep-our-minds-open-or-at-least-ajar-to-concepts-on-the/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/martin-rees-3002_always_and-we-should-keep-our-minds-open-or-at_2267960.jpg) > [From a personal perspective, I am disappointed that we have yet to really achieve a full understanding of the origins of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/from-a-personal-perspective-i-am-disappointed-that-we-have-yet-to/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/martin-rees-3002_achieve_from-a-personal-perspective-i-am-disappo_2118584.jpg) > [It is mistaken to claim that global problems will be solved more quickly if only researchers would abandon their quest to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/it-is-mistaken-to-claim-that-global-problems-will-be-solved-more/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/martin-rees-3002_abandon_it-is-mistaken-to-claim-that-global-prob_2336117.jpg) > [The first voyagers to the stars will be creatures whose life cycle is matched to the voyage: the aeons involved in traversing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-first-voyagers-to-the-stars-will-be-creatures-whose-life-cycle-is/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/martin-rees-3002_beings_the-first-voyagers-to-the-stars-will-be_883651.jpg) > [Perhaps future space probes will be plastered in commercial logos, just as Formula One cars are now. Perhaps Robot Wars in space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/perhaps-future-space-probes-will-be-plastered-in-commercial-logos/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/martin-rees-3002_back_perhaps-future-space-probes-will-be-plas_793409.jpg) > [If we do find ET, we will at least have something in common with them. They may live on planet Zog and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/if-we-do-find-et-we-will-at-least-have-something-in-common-with-them/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/martin-rees-3002_atoms_if-we-do-find-et-we-will-at-least-have-s_2900297.jpg) ## Other authors on Will ## More by Martin Rees > [A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspects of reality. The bedrock nature of space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/a-monkey-is-unaware-that-atoms-exist-likewise-our-brainpower-may-not/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/when-scientists-are-asked-what-they-are-working-on-their-response-is/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [The advance of science spares us from irrational dread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-advance-of-science-spares-us-from-irrational-dread/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [“The Sun contains about a thousand times more mass than Jupiter. If it were cold, gravity would squeeze it a million times denser than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-sun-contains-about-a-thousand-times-more-mass-than-jupiter-if-it/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [“We, and the visible universe around us, may exist only because of a difference in the ninth decimal place between the numbers of quarks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/we-and-the-visible-universe-around-us-may-exist-only-because-of-a/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/crucial-to-science-education-is-hands-on-involvement-showing-not-just/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should not rubbish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/i-have-no-religious-belief-myself-but-i-don-t-think-we-should-fight/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [“More energy is needed to rise a millimetre above a neutron star's surface than to break completely free of Earth's gravity. A pen dropped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/more-energy-is-needed-to-rise-a-millimetre-above-a-neutron-star-s/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [The next humans to walk on the moon may be Chinese. Only China seems to have the resources, the dirigiste government, and the willingness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-next-humans-to-walk-on-the-moon-may-be-chinese-only-china-seems/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to communication. First, they would be many light years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/if-we-ever-established-contact-with-intelligent-life-on-another-world/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [There is an ever-widening gap between what science allows and what we should actually do. There are many doors science can open that should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/there-is-an-ever-widening-gap-between-what-science-allows-and-what-we/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/an-insect-is-more-complex-than-a-star-and-is-a-far-greater-challenge/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-physicist-is-like-someone-who-s-watching-people-playing-chess-and/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [We are 'nuclear waste' from the fuel that makes stars shine; indeed, each of us contains atoms whose provenance can be traced back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/we-are-nuclear-waste-from-the-fuel-that-makes-stars-shine-indeed-each/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [Just as there are many Jews who keep the Friday ritual in their home despite describing themselves as atheists, I am a 'tribal Christian,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/just-as-there-are-many-jews-who-keep-the-friday-ritual-in-their-home/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/will/martin-rees/#itemlist", "name": "15 Will Quotes By Martin Rees", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some claim that computers will, by 2050, achieve human capabilities. 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