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Destined Quote by Fred Hoyle

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“Outstanding examples of genius - a Mozart, a Shakespeare, or a Carl Friedrich Gauss - are markers on the path along which our species appears destined to tread.”

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Hoyle's enduring insights into stars, nucleosynthesis, and the large-scale universe rank among the greatest achievements of 20th-century astrophysics. Moreover, his theories were unfailingly stimulating,…

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“I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry.”

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Science is prediction, not explanation.

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