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Lee Smolin quotes: How we think about the future and the past determines everything about how we think about our situation as human beings.

How we think about the future and the past determines everything about how we think about our situation as human beings.

Lee Smolin quotes: If string theory is a mistake, it's not a trivial mistake. It's a deep mistake and therefore kind of worthy.

If string theory is a mistake, it's not a trivial mistake. It's a deep mistake and therefore kind of worthy.

Lee Smolin quotes: General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squeezes matter to infinite density.

General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squeezes matter to infinite density.

Lee Smolin quotes: Science is not about what's true. It's about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by way of public evidence.

Science is not about what's true. It's about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by way of public evidence.

Lee Smolin quotes: There is nothing outside the universe

There is nothing outside the universe

Lee Smolin quotes: Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.

Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.

Lee Smolin quotes: The most cherished goal in physics, as in bad romance novels, is unification.

The most cherished goal in physics, as in bad romance novels, is unification.

Lee Smolin quotes: Copernicus, 1996). Julian

Copernicus, 1996). Julian

Lee Smolin quotes: (Of course, there really is no chicken and egg problem; certainly there were eggs long before there were chickens.)

(Of course, there really is no chicken and egg problem; certainly there were eggs long before there were chickens.)

Lee Smolin quotes: Those who do good science do so because they choose problems that are suited to them.

Those who do good science do so because they choose problems that are suited to them.

Lee Smolin quotes: there is nothing real or true that is timeless

there is nothing real or true that is timeless

Lee Smolin quotes: Simplicity and beauty are the signs not of truth but of a well-constructed approximate model of a limited domain of phenomena.

Simplicity and beauty are the signs not of truth but of a well-constructed approximate model of a limited domain of phenomena.

Lee Smolin quotes: The fact that the amount of missing information depends on the area of the boundary of the trapped region is a very important clue.

The fact that the amount of missing information depends on the area of the boundary of the trapped region is a very important clue.

Lee Smolin quotes: We know no more than we did in 1975 - and that's not good

We know no more than we did in 1975 - and that's not good

Lee Smolin quotes: One possibility is: God is nothing but the power of the universe to organize itself.

One possibility is: God is nothing but the power of the universe to organize itself.

Lee Smolin quotes: We know that the expansion of our universe is accelerating, which means a number called the cosmological constant must be positive.

We know that the expansion of our universe is accelerating, which means a number called the cosmological constant must be positive.

Lee Smolin quotes: Because string theory is such a high-risk venture - unsupported by experiment,

Because string theory is such a high-risk venture - unsupported by experiment,

Lee Smolin quotes: Science moves fastest when there's plenty of debate and controversy.

Science moves fastest when there's plenty of debate and controversy.

Lee Smolin quotes: Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world.

Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world.

Lee Smolin quotes: 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.

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.