Science is not about what's true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence.
Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world. - Lee Smolin
Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world.
- Lee Smolin
Deep, persistent problems are never solved by accident; they are solved only by people who are obsessed with them and set out to solve them directly. - Lee Smolin
Deep, persistent problems are never solved by accident; they are solved only by people who are obsessed with them and set out to solve them directly.
On the way, I shared the backseat of Feyerabend's little sports car with the inflatable raft he kept there in case an 8-point earthquake came while h… - Lee Smolin
On the way, I shared the backseat of Feyerabend's little sports car with the inflatable raft he kept there in case an 8-point earthquake came while h…
Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction. - Lee Smolin
Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.
Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the possibility that … - Lee Smolin
Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the possibility that …
Having begun my life in science searching for the equation beyond time, I now believe that the deepest secret of the universe is that its essence res… - Lee Smolin
Having begun my life in science searching for the equation beyond time, I now believe that the deepest secret of the universe is that its essence res…
A successful unification of quantum theory and relativity would necessarily be a theory of the universe as a whole. It would tell us, as Aristotle an… - Lee Smolin
A successful unification of quantum theory and relativity would necessarily be a theory of the universe as a whole. It would tell us, as Aristotle an…
The revolution which began with the creation of quantum theory and relativity theory can only be finished with their unification into a single theory… - Lee Smolin
The revolution which began with the creation of quantum theory and relativity theory can only be finished with their unification into a single theory…
But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be organised t… - Lee Smolin
But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be organised t…
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