Lisa Randall Quotes
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I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true.... If you do something for a religious…
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We should figure out how to do this so that some parents don't feel disenfranchised, angry and upset. It says a lot about the state…
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Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress.
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If such external influences are intrinsic to religion, then logic and scientific thought dictate that there must be a mechanism by which this influence is…
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When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?
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Secrets of the cosmos will begin to unravel. I, for one, can't wait.
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When I was in school I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.
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You might find it hard to imagine gravity as a weak force, but consider that a small magnet can hold up a paper clip, even…
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Scientists actively approach the door to knowledge—the boundary of the domain of what we know. We question and explore and we change our views when…
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It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.
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Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but...ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct.
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Physicists have yet to understand why the Higgs boson's mass is what it is,
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When people try to use religion to address the natural world, science pushes back on it, and religion has to accommodate the results. Beliefs can…
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I think simplicity is a good guide: The more economical a theory, the better.
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I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.
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The scientist is also a composer... You could think of science as discovering one particular thing - a supernova or whatever. You could also think…
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Scientific experiments are expensive, and people are entitled to know about them if they want to. I think it is very difficult to convey ideas.
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Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements…
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I really do think that science has an internal structure, and it makes sense, and we can test it.
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You have principles. You test them as accurately as you can. Eventually, they might break down.
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