Milton A. Rothman Quotes

• It makes no sense to complain about a lack of imagination in scientists when their failure is simply that they cannot make the world be what it is not, and they cannot make the world do what it cannot do.

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  Imagination   Complaining   World  

  Milton A. Rothman (1992). “The Science Gap: Dispelling the Myths and Understanding the Reality of Science”

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• To most humans, a universe consisting of particles banging about and doing what they have to do seems cold, barren, and without meaning. Meaning, however, is not something that floats in space, permeating the universe like a nebulous, mystical cloud. ... Meaning arises out of the working of the human mind, and therefore exists only in the human mind. The meaning of existence is whatever you want to make of it.

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  Space   Clouds   Mind  

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• If you're religious, it's like looking at God.

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  Religious   Ifs  

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