Marcelo Gleiser

Symmetry may have its appeal but it is inherently stale. Some kind of imbalance is behind every transformation.

— Marcelo Gleiser

The bottom line: Earth is not mediocre.

— Marcelo Gleiser

“There is an enormous difference between life and intelligent life.”

— Marcelo Gleiser

“As the island of Knowledge grows, so do the shores of our ignorance –the boundary between the known and the unknown. Learning…

— Marcelo Gleiser

We strive toward knowledge, always more knowledge, but must understand that we are, and will remain, surrounded by mystery.

— Marcelo Gleiser

“Whereas it (modern science) does say that we are an accident in an indifferent universe, it also says that we are a…

— Marcelo Gleiser

“Science is much better at finding things that exist than at ruling out things that don't.”

— Marcelo Gleiser

The map of what we call reality is an ever-shifting mosaic of ideas.

— Marcelo Gleiser

“Lucretius wrote in The Nature of Things:        Especially since this world is the product of Nature,        the happenstance        Of the seeds of…

— Marcelo Gleiser