The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs.
When the great innovation appears, it will almost certainly be in muddled, incomplete and confusing form. ... For any speculation which does not at f… - Freeman Dyson
When the great innovation appears, it will almost certainly be in muddled, incomplete and confusing form. ... For any speculation which does not at f…
- Freeman Dyson
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind? - Freeman Dyson
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, … - Freeman Dyson
The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, …
The fundamental reason why carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is critically important to biology is that there is so little of it. A field of corn grow… - Freeman Dyson
The fundamental reason why carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is critically important to biology is that there is so little of it. A field of corn grow…
As we look out into the Universe and identify the many accidents of physics and astronomy that have worked together to our benefit, it almost seems a… - Freeman Dyson
As we look out into the Universe and identify the many accidents of physics and astronomy that have worked together to our benefit, it almost seems a…
The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm. - Freeman Dyson
The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.
Science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries. - Freeman Dyson
Science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.
In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right. - Freeman Dyson
In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right.
Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science. - Freeman Dyson
Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.
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