Quotes About Discovery

Douglas E. Richards

Douglas E. Richards

Sort of like Alexander Graham Bell putting the finishing touches on the world's first and only phone . . . and then getting an incoming call.

We've all heard Arthur C. Clarke's famous quote by now," said Hoyer. "It's become so common, I think they're printing it on fortune cookies. But it's also true." "You mean, 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'?" said Reed.

Douglas E. Richards

So if you were hoarding something worthless, it would be a slap on the wrist," said Megan. "But since they found out you were hoarding something of incredible value, you're screwed.

Douglas E. Richards

In 1944, an experiment was conducted that should have conclusively proven that DNA was actually the carrier of the genetic code, but these results were resisted and largely ignored. Scientists had convinced themselves that DNA was too simple to be the conductor of the orchestra, and clung to this belief. Again, once consensus is reached, it isn't easily overcome,

instantly see the answer.

The purpose of consciousness—any consciousness—was to achieve infinite comprehension. It was as simple as that. If a God existed, humanity must strive to discover this God and help this deity become omniscient, not just in one infinity, but in an infinity of infinities.

Douglas E. Richards

Douglas E. Richards

but once it's fleshed out, you never know. And even if it doesn't quite reach the level of importance of relativity, I think it will be just as surprising to the world as this was

Or, as the great physicist Freeman Dyson observed, 'The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible.

Douglas E. Richards

Douglas E. Richards

Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." —Arthur C. Clarke

After all, in the sporting world, being discovered to have taken testosterone is ordinarily grounds to prevent someone from competing – unless, it turns out, the person is taking testosterone to transition to the opposite sex. In which case sensitivity overrides science.

For the time being the 'gay gene' remains elusive. Which is not to say that it won't be found at some point.

We do not live our lives and experience our existence as solved beings.

For the purpose of large sections of academia had ceased to be the exploration, discovery or dissemination of truth. The purpose had instead become the creation, nurture and propagandization of a particular, and peculiar, brand of politics. The purpose was not academia, but activism.

Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way.

I went to outer space," I said, "But I didn't like it.