--- title: "12 Years Quotes By Martin Rees" description: "12 Years quotes by Martin Rees. Plus more from Martin Rees and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-rees-3002_different_i-think-a-few-hundred-years-from-now-we_1577429.jpg" --- > [I think a few hundred years from now we'll start having the 'posthuman' era of different species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/i-think-a-few-hundred-years-from-now-we-ll-start-having-the-posthuman/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-rees-3002_different_i-think-a-few-hundred-years-from-now-we_1577429.jpg) > [It will not be humans who watch the sun's demise, six billion years from now. Any creatures that then exist will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/it-will-not-be-humans-who-watch-the-sun-s-demise-six-billion-years/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/martin-rees-3002_bacteria_it-will-not-be-humans-who-watch-the-sun_1064589.jpg) > [The stupendous time spans of the evolutionary past are now part of common culture (though maybe not in the United States Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-stupendous-time-spans-of-the-evolutionary-past-are-now-part-of/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/martin-rees-3002_belt_the-stupendous-time-spans-of-the-evoluti_1454037.jpg) > [Manned spaceflight has lost its glamour - understandably so, because it hardly seems inspiring, 40 years after Apollo, for astronauts merely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/manned-spaceflight-has-lost-its-glamour-understandably-so-because-it/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/martin-rees-3002_after_manned-spaceflight-has-lost-its-glamour_561751.jpg) > [The Blair government perhaps ranks as the best the U.K. has had for 50 years. It cannot match the scale of Attlee's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-blair-government-perhaps-ranks-as-the-best-the-u-k-has-had-for-50/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/martin-rees-3002_areas_the-blair-government-perhaps-ranks-as-th_2737414.jpg) > [If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to communication. First, they would be many…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/martin-rees-3002_another_if-we-ever-established-contact-with-inte_199308.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 would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/it-would-be-sad-if-the-expertise-built-up-during-the-40-years-of-the/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/martin-rees-3002_abandoning_it-would-be-sad-if-the-expertise-built-u_1747191.jpg) > [If we ever establish contact with intelligent aliens living on a planet around a distant star ... They would be made of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/if-we-ever-establish-contact-with-intelligent-aliens-living-on-a/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/martin-rees-3002_aliens_if-we-ever-establish-contact-with-intell_1116682.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) > [ Charles Darwin \[is my personal favorite Fellow of the Royal Society\]. I suppose as a physical scientist I ought to have chosen… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/charles-darwin-is-my-personal-favorite-fellow-of-the-royal-society-i/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/martin-rees-3002_asks_charles-darwin-is-my-personal-favorite-f_1991343.jpg) > [Most educated people are aware that we're the outcome of nearly 4 billion years of Darwinian selection, but many tend to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/most-educated-people-are-aware-that-we-re-the-outcome-of-nearly-4/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f4/martin-rees-3002_bacteria_most-educated-people-are-aware-that-we-r_653832.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## 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/years/martin-rees/#itemlist", "name": "12 Years Quotes By Martin Rees", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think a few hundred years from now we'll start having the 'posthuman' era of different species.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Rees" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/i-think-a-few-hundred-years-from-now-we-ll-start-having-the-posthuman/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-rees-3002_different_i-think-a-few-hundred-years-from-now-we_1577429.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-rees-3002_different_i-think-a-few-hundred-years-from-now-we_1577429.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/martin-rees-3002_different_i-think-a-few-hundred-years-from-now-we_1577429.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think a few hundred years from now we'll start having the 'posthuman' era of different species.” — Martin Rees", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It will not be humans who watch the sun's demise, six billion years from now. 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