All Martin Rees Quotes
- I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms that we can't conceive. And there could, of course, be forms of intelligence… Beyond
- If we ever establish contact with intelligent aliens living on a planet around a distant star ... They would be made of similar atoms to… Ago
- In this century, not only has science changed the world faster than ever, but in new and different ways. Targeted drugs, genetic modification, artificial intelligence,… Artificial
- It's better to read first rate science fiction than second rate science-it's a lot more fun, and no more likely to be wrong. Better
- In the beginning there were only probabilities. The universe could only come into existence if someone observed it. It does not matter that the observers… Aware
- 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 in… All
- Most educated people are aware that we're the outcome of nearly 4 billion years of Darwinian selection, but many tend to think that humans are… Amoebae
- It's becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory where sufficiently extreme conditions are ever achieved to test new ideas on… Achieve
- God invented space so that not everything had to happen in Princeton. God
- Let me say that I don't see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do. I share with… All
- It used to be controversial whether smoking caused lung cancer, it used to be controversial whether HIV caused AIDS. Now, there are a few mavericks… Aids
- Charles Darwin [is my personal favorite Fellow of the Royal Society]. I suppose as a physical scientist I ought to have chosen Newton. He would… Ask
- An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand. Challenge
- The 'clean energy' challenge deserves a commitment akin to the Manhattan project or the Apollo moon landing. Akin
- Cosmology does, I think, affect the way that we perceive humanity's role in nature. One thing we've learnt from astronomy is that the future lying… Affect
- I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we can't conceive. Just as a chimpanzee can't understand quantum theory, it could… Aspect
- Once the threshold is crossed when there is a self-sustaining level of life in space, then life's long-range future will be secure irrespective of any… Any
- Experiments that crash atoms together could start a chain reaction that erodes everything on Earth. Atoms
- The universe is still a place of mystery and wonder. Mystery
- Nuclear weapons can be dismantled, but they cannot be uninvented. Dismantled
- Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Absence
- In the case of climate change, the threat is long-term and diffuse and requires broad international action for the benefit of people decades in the… Action
- Campaigning against religion can be socially counter-productive. If teachers take the uncompromising line that God and Darwinism are irreconcilable, many young people raised in a… Based
- The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning… Basics
- The U.S., France, Germany and Canada have all responded to the financial crisis by boosting rather than cutting their science funding. The U.K. has not. All