History is full of people who thought they were right -- absolutely right, completely right, without a shadow of a doubt. And because history never seems like history when you are living through it, it is tempting for us to think the same.
Some things are as they are regardless of what they were. - John D. Barrow
Some things are as they are regardless of what they were.
- John D. Barrow
When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure. - John D. Barrow
When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure.
One would normally define a "religion" as a system of ideas that contain statements that cannot be logically or observationally demonstrated... Gödel… - John D. Barrow
One would normally define a "religion" as a system of ideas that contain statements that cannot be logically or observationally demonstrated... Gödel…
Apparently, a great deal of dark, unseen material exists, whose gravitational pull is responsible for the motions of the stars and galaxies that we s… - John D. Barrow
Apparently, a great deal of dark, unseen material exists, whose gravitational pull is responsible for the motions of the stars and galaxies that we s…
There is no reason that the universe should be designed for our convenience. - John D. Barrow
There is no reason that the universe should be designed for our convenience.
We can never know the origins of the universe. The deepest secrets are the ones that keep themselves. - John D. Barrow
We can never know the origins of the universe. The deepest secrets are the ones that keep themselves.
If all the stars and galaxies in the universe today were smoothed out into a uniform sea of atoms, there would only be about one atom in every cubic … - John D. Barrow
If all the stars and galaxies in the universe today were smoothed out into a uniform sea of atoms, there would only be about one atom in every cubic …
What cannot be known is more revealing than what can. - John D. Barrow
What cannot be known is more revealing than what can.
There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during that ha… - John D. Barrow
There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during that ha…
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