Day life Quote by Sean M. Carroll

“Claims that some form of consciousness persists after our bodies die and decay into their constituent atoms face one huge, insuperable obstacle: the laws of physics underlying everyday life are completely understood, and there's no way within those laws to allow for the information stored in our…” quote by Sean M. Carroll — Download Open image

“Claims that some form of consciousness persists after our bodies die and decay into their constituent atoms face one huge, insuperable obstacle: the laws of physics underlying everyday life are completely understood, and there's no way within those laws to allow for the information stored in our brains to persist after we die.”

Sean M. Carroll

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings)

Day life Everyday life Face Information Laws of physics Life Philosophy of Mind Physics Way

More by Sean M. Carroll

I'm a big believer that science is part of a larger cultural thing. Science is not all by itself.

Sean M. Carroll

Image

One of the tragedies of our educational system is that we've taken this incredibly interesting subject - how the universe works - and made…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

I've loved physics from a young age, but I've also been interested in all sorts of big questions, from philosophy to evolution and neuroscience.…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

The simplest way out of the puzzle of time travel is to say that it can't be done. That's very likely the right answer.…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

Our conviction that green cheese makes up a negligible fraction of the Moon's interior comes not from direct observation but from the gross incompatibility…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

We are not important to the universe. That's the bad news.

Sean M. Carroll

Image

The fact that you can remember yesterday but not tomorrow is because of entropy. The fact that you're always born young and then you…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

As we get older, we tend to grow quite fond of the planets of belief we have constructed for ourselves. We build elaborate defense…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

If time travel were possible, you still wouldn't be able to change the past - it's already happened!

Sean M. Carroll

Image

We seek an understanding of the laws of nature and of our particular universe in which everything makes sense to us. We do not…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

People don't realize how many aspects of our lives are touched in one way or another by not just the discoveries, the technological breakthroughs,…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

Something can be real - actually existing, not merely illusory - and yet not be fundamental. Scientists used to think that heat, for example,…

Sean M. Carroll

Image

Explore all 47 Sean M. Carroll quotes

More Day life quotes

“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude…

Thomas Merton

Image

When you're being truly creative, time stands still, and you enter a dimension that can carry you beyond the ordinariness of everyday life.

Denise Linn

Image

“Let’s say you have an ax. Just a cheap one, from Home Depot. On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead…

David Wong

Image

As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So…

Edward Witten

Image

On my podcast, I got to interview Will Ferrell, Sam Hunt, Colin Cowherd - all these different names - and it was just really…

Sam Darnold

Image

In daily or everyday life, I am so impressed with tiny details, like when I look up at a street lamp falling on the…

Makoto Shinkai

Image

My first bill to become law repeals regulations to make everyday life easier and more affordable for Americans.

Jon Husted

Image

“There is a powerful difference between picturing an image that does not relate to you, and recalling something specific that you are connected with.…

Adam Houge