Forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the significance of our existence in the context of the universe's vast history.
Lawrence M. Krauss's quote urges us to recognize the cosmic origins of our existence, suggesting that the stars, which have undergone immense transformations over billions of years, are the very reason we are here today. It encourages a perspective that appreciates the scientific and existential wonder of life, emphasizing that our being is deeply connected to the universe itself rather than solely relying on religious or spiritual explanations.
In practice
In a scientific lecture to illustrate the connection between humanity and the cosmos.
The one experience that I hope every student has at some point in their lives is to have some belief you profoundly, deeply hold, proved to be wrong because that is the most eye-opening experience you can have, and as a scientist, to me, is the most exciting experience I can ever have.
If our species is to survive, our future will probably require outposts beyond our own planet.
The ultimate arbiter of truth is experiment, not the comfort one derives from one's a priori beliefs, nor the beauty or elegance one ascribes to one's theoretical models.
I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.
To the extent that we even understand string theory, it may imply a massive number of possible different universes with different laws of physics in each universe, and there may be no way of distinguishing between them or saying why the laws of physics are the way they are. And if I can predict anything, then I haven't explained anything.
The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.
She had to live in this bright, red gabled house with the nurse until it was time for her to die... I thought how little we know about the feelings of old people. Children we understand, their fears and hopes and make-believe.
It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
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