"Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes……" — Robert Lanza
"Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has become like Swift's kingdom of Laputa, flying absurdly on an island above the earth and indifferent to what is beneath."
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Robert Lanza
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36 Quotes by Robert Lanza
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I think it's science and physics are just starting to learn from all these experiments. These experiments have been carried…
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I think the answer of course is that space and time are not these hard external objects. Again we're, scientists…
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Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve…
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Religion and science look at reality differently.
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing.
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In whatever form it takes, life sings because it has a song. The meaning is in the lyrics.
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Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to…
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Time is not an absolute reality but an aspect of our consciousness.
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The universe bursts into existence from life, not the other way around as we have been taught. For each life…
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Modern science cannot explain why the laws of physics are exactly balanced for animal life to exist.
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For example, if the big bang had been one-part-in-a billion more powerful, it would have rushed out too fast for…
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Nothing has existence unless you, I, or some living creature perceives it, and how it is perceived further influences that…
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