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Category: Lawrence M. Krauss

Lawrence M. Krauss

No one intuitively understands quantum mechanics because all of our experience involves a world of classical phenomena where, for example, a baseball thrown from pitcher to catcher seems to take just one path, the one described by Newton’s laws of motion. Yet at a microscopic level, the universe behaves quite differently.

Baseball, Path, World

Lawrence M. Krauss

Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.

Criticism, Dangerous, Both

Lawrence M. Krauss

Organized religion, wielding power over the community, is antithetical to the process of what modern democracy should define as liberty. The sooner we are without it, the better.

Community, Power, Democracy

Lawrence M. Krauss

When a person’s religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn’t that be a subject for discussion and debate?

Devil, Battle, Debate

Lawrence M. Krauss

I don’t know if science and reason will ultimately help guide humanity to a better and more peaceful future, but I am certain that this belief is part of what keeps the ‘Star Trek’ fandom going.

Future, I Am, Humanity

Lawrence M. Krauss

I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.

Stress, Be True, True

Lawrence M. Krauss

Empty space is a boiling, bubbling brew of virtual particles that pop in and out of existence in a time scale so short that you can’t even measure them.

Time, Short, Measure

Lawrence M. Krauss

Aside from communications satellites, space is devoid of industry.

Industry, Communications

Lawrence M. Krauss

The Internet is a clear example of how our lives have changed in ways we couldn’t have imagined: a distributed information source, which is invisible to everyone, where you can access anything, and it’s distributed throughout the whole world. Basically, communication is instantaneous.

World, Internet, Information

Lawrence M. Krauss

A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this remote planet in a remote corner of the universe, endowed with intelligence and self-awareness. We should not despair, but should humbly rejoice in making the most of these gifts, and celebrate our brief moment in the sun.

life, purpose, universe

Lawrence M. Krauss

If the universe doesn’t care about us and if we’re an accident in a remote corner of the universe, in some sense it makes us more precious. The meaning in our lives is provided by us; we provide our own meaning.

existence, meaning-of-life, universe

Lawrence M. Krauss

We need to live our experience as it is and with our eyes open. The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not.

experience, universe