Quotes About Philosophy

Caenorhabditis elegans—a simple creature made of only 959 cells? It probably never thinks, "That was damn tasty bacteria I got to dine on back there

I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. These laws may have originally been decreed by God, but it appears that he has since left the universe to evolve according to them and does not now intervene in it.

Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other?

Contanto que o universo tenha tido um início, podemos supor que houve um criador. Mas, se o universo fosse de fato absolutamente contido em si mesmo, sem contorno nem borda, ele não teria início nem fim: ele simplesmente seria. Nesse caso, qual é o papel de um criador?

Când analiz?m mai atent felul în care ne facem observaÈ›iile È™i ne construim concepte despre ceea ce ne înconjoar?, ajugem s? ne întreb?m dac? avem motive întemeiate s? credem c? exist? o realitate obiectiv?.

Things are as they are because we are

The role played by time at the beginning of the universe is, I believe, the final key to removing the need for a grand designer and revealing how the universe created itself.

philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

people don't seem too worried about a possible end twenty billion years in the future. You can do quite a lot of eating, drinking and being merry before that.

Even worse, if determinism breaks down, we can't be sure of our past history either. The history books and our memories could just be illusions. It is the past that tells us who we are. Without it, we lose our identity.

Why are we so worried about artificial intelligence? Surely humans are always able to pull the plug? People asked a computer, "Is there a God?" And the computer said, "There is now," and fused the plug.

His feelings were summed up in his dictum "God does not play dice." But all the evidence is that God is quite a gambler. The universe is like a giant casino with dice being rolled, or wheels being spun, on every occasion.

If] there were such a God, I would like to ask however did he think of anything as complicated as M-theory in eleven dimensions.

Banyak orang tak suka gagasan bahwa waktu punya permulaan, barangkali karena terkesan melibatkan campur tangan Ilahi.

What came before the Big Bang? According to the no-boundary proposal, asking what came before the Big Bang is meaningless—like asking what is south of the South Pole—because there is no notion of time available to refer to. The concept of time only exists within our universe.

Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?

Aristotle, and most of the other Greek philosophers, on the other hand, did not like the idea of a creation because it smacked too much of divine intervention.

One of the big questions we discussed was the origin of the universe, and whether it required a God to create it and set it going.

Nous menons notre vie sans quotidienne sans presque rien comprendre au monde qui est le nôtre.

Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity - Albert Einstein

Belli ki Tanr? yaln?zca zar atmakla kalm?yor,ayr?ca gözleri kapal? oynuyor ve ara s?ra da zarlar? görülemeyecek yerlere at?yor.

Tant que l'Univers débute à une singularité, on peut supposer qu'il a été créé par une entité extérieure. Mais si l'Univers est complètement autonome, sans frontière ni bord, il ne peut être ni créé ni détruit. Il est, tout simplement. Et dans ce cas, quelle serait la place de Dieu ?

Le désordre augmente avec le temps parce que nous mesurons le temps dans la direction où le désordre augmente. Qui dit mieux ?

The causes of life's history [cannot] resolve the riddle of life's meaning.