Lawrence M. Krauss Quotes About Universe

Quotes about: Universe

• 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.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Depressing, Humble, Self

• In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection. Indeed, they will be receding faster than the speed of light, so detection will be impossible. Future civilizations will discover science and all its laws, and never know about other galaxies or the cosmic background radiation. They will inevitably come to the wrong conclusion about the universe......We live in a special time, the only time, where we can observationally verify that we live in a special time.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Light, Years, Law

  YouTube Channel "Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science"/"'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009", www.youtube.com. October 21, 2009.

• There is a maxim about the universe which I always tell my students: That which is not explicitly forbidden is guaranteed to occur.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Students, Forbidden, Maxims

  Lawrence M. Krauss (2007). “The Physics of Star Trek”, p.23, Hachette UK

• For the record: Quantum mechanics does not deny the existence of objective reality. Nor does it imply that mere thoughts can change external events. Effects still require causes, so if you want to change the universe, you need to act on it.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Reality, Events, Doe

• The universe is the way it is , whether we like
  it or not. The existence or nonexistence of a creator is independent
  of our desires . A world without God or purpose may seem harsh
  or pointless, but that alone doesn ' t require God to actually exist.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Independent, Desire, Purpose

  Lawrence M. Krauss (2012). “A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

• If we wish to draw philosophical conclusions about our own existence, our significance, and the significance of the universe itself, our conclusions should be based on empirical knowledge. A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa, whether or not we like the implications.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Philosophical, Mean, Reality

  Lawrence M. Krauss (2012). “A Universe From Nothing”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

• The universe does not care what we want.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Religion, Doe, Care

• Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Moreover, the true believers in each of these faiths are atheists regarding the specific sacred tenets of all other faiths. Christianity rejects the proposition that the Quran contains the infallible words of the creator of the universe. Muslims and Jews reject the divinity of Jesus.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Jesus, Atheist, Miracle

• The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Religion, Atheism, Way

  Lawrence M. Krauss (2012). “A Universe From Nothing”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

• The universe has a much greater imagination than we do, which is why the real story of the universe is far more interesting than any of the fairy tales we have invented to describe it.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Real, Imagination, Interesting

• Now, almost one hundred years later, it is difficult to fully appreciate how much our picture of the universe has changed in the span of a single human lifetime. As far as the scientific community in 1917 was concerned, the universe was static and eternal, and consisted of a one single galaxy, our Milky Way, surrounded by vast, infinite, dark, and empty space. This is, after all, what you would guess by looking up at the night sky with your eyes, or with a small telescope, and at the time there was little reason to suspect otherwise.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Eye, Dark, Night

• The real thing that physics tell us about the universe is that it's big, rare event happens all the time — including life — and that doesn't mean it's special.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Real, Mean, Rare Events

• I can't prove that God doesn't exist, but I'd much rather live in a universe without one.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Prove, I Can, Universe

• In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Years, Expansion, Conclusion

  YouTube Channel "Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science"/"'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009", www.youtube.com. October 21, 2009.

• Our modern conception of the universe is so foreign to what even scientists generally believed a mere century ago that it is a tribute to the power of the scientific method and the
  creativity and persistence of humans who want to understand it.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Creativity, Persistence, Scientific Method

  Lawrence M. Krauss (2012). “A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

• We should provide the meaning of the universe in the meaning of our own lives. So I think science doesn't necessarily have to get in the way of kind of spiritual fulfillment.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Spiritual, Thinking, Way

  "Lawrence Krauss On 'A Universe From Nothing' Listen· 21:33". Interview with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 13, 2012.

• We now know that we are more insignificant than we ever imagined. If you get rid of everything we see, the universe is essentially the same. We constitute a 1 percent bit of pollution in a universe . . . we are completely irrelevant.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Pollution, Percent, Knows

• Occam's razor suggests that, if some event is physically plausible, we don't need recourse to more extraordinary claims for its being. Surely the requirement of an all-powerful deity who somehow exists outside of our universe, or multiverse, while at the same time governing what goes on inside it, is one such claim. It should thus be a claim of last, rather than first, resort.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Powerful, Events, Needs

  Lawrence M. Krauss (2012). “A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

• Science is not just there for technology. It's part of what addressing who you are in the universe and understanding your place in the cosmos. Good art, good literature, good music - all of that is for that and science is a part of it.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Art, Technology, Understanding

  "Making science interesting. Lawrence Krauss discusses what happens to scientific literacy". "The 7.30 Report" with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. June 29, 2015.

• For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Purpose, May, Unthinkable

  "A Universe Without Purpose" by Lawrence M. Krauss, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2012.

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