Best quotes by Alan Lightman on Science
Checkout quotes by Alan Lightman on Science
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‟ I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.
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‟ With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology.
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‟ For me, consciousness is the most interesting unsolved problem of science, and, in fact, we may never know what it is about a particular arrangement of neurons that gives rise to consciousness. Our consciousness, like the air we breathe or like the passage of time, is central to our existence as intelligent beings.
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‟ All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.
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‟ Novels aren't pedagogical instruments, or instructions in law or physics or any other discipline. A novel has to be an emotional experience, a trip of the imagination, and because science has raised so many issues that concern and affect humans, it's a good starting place for me.
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‟ As a scientist, I don't believe science will ever discover whether God exists. Nor do I believe religion will ever prove it.
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‟ Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science.
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‟ I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science. All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as faith. Whether faith in a particular belief is beneficial or not is another matter.
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‟ As both a scientist and a humanist myself, I have struggled to understand different claims to knowledge, and I have eventually come to a formulation of the kind of religious belief that would, in my view, be compatible with science.
- Alan Lightman