Paul Davies Quotes

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• Even if we don't have a precise idea of exactly what took place at the beginning, we can at least see that the origin of…
• It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion.
• There is for me powerful evidence that there is something going on behind it all. . . It seems as though somebody has fine tuned…
• It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in numbers, has been rather…
• Wheeler hopes that we can discover, within the context of physics, a principle that will enable the universe to come into existence "of its own…
• Until now, physical theories have been regarded as merely models with approximately describe the reality of nature. As the models improve, so the fit between…
• The burgeoning field of computer science has shifted our view of the physical world from that of a collection of interacting material particles to one…
• We might expect intelligent life and technological communities to have emerged in the universe billions of years ago. Given that human society is only a…
• Technology is, in the broadest sense, mind or intelligence or purpose blending with nature.
• The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will not explain life's origin, any…
• Perhaps the best motivation for going to Mars is political. It is obvious that no single nation currently has either the will or the resources…
• Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep, we could be confident that life is a truly cosmic phenomenon. If…
• No attempt to explain the world, either scientifically or theologically, can be considered successful until it accounts for the paradoxical conjunction of the temporal and…
• Many investigators feel uneasy stating in public that the origin of life is a mystery, even though behind closed doors they admit they are baffled.
• Science can proceed only if the scientist adopts an essentially theological worldview. ..even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of faith the existence…
• People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws of physics -…
• Science may explain the world, but we still have to explain science. The laws which enable the universe to come into being spontaneously seem themselves…
• The Eerie Silence: are we alone in the universe?
• The universe contains vastly more order than Earth-life could ever demand. All those distant galaxies, irrelevant for our existence, seem as equally well ordered as…
• Science is about explaining the world, and religion is about interpreting it. There shouldn't be any conflict.

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