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Frank Anthony Wilczek (/ˈwɪltʃək/; born May 15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and a Nobel laureate. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Distinguished Origins Professor at Arizona State University (ASU) and full Professor at Stockholm University.

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Knowing how to calculate something is not the same as understanding it. Having a computer to calculate the origin of mass for us may be convincing, but is not satisfying. Fortunately we can understand it too.

Convincing, Knowing, Mass, May, Satisfying, Understanding

The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.

Answers, Nothingis, Question, Religion, Unstable, Would Be

In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in physics, you're hoping to convince Nature. And I've found Nature to be pretty reasonable.

Convince, Math, Person, Physics, Trouble, Trying

Why is there something rather than nothing?

Anthropic Principle, Faith And Reason, God Exists, Nothing

An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but it takes a genius to make a profound mistake.

Genius, Mistake, Ordinary, Profound, Progress

I believe that everything you've said is not even wrong.

Believe, Everything, I Believe, Said, Wrong

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

Doe, Funny, Making, Nature, Physics, Science

I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.

Art, Brain, Convinced, Parts, Science

The brain rewards us for interacting with beautiful things. In this way, evolution wants to encourage us to do what is good for us.

Beautiful, Brain, Evolution, Good, Want

Many of my heroes, like Galileo, Maxwell, Newton and, less explicitly, Einstein thought what they were doing was finding out what God is. All of them had this inspiration that if you want to find out what God is, you have to look at his work.

Einstein, Hero, Inspiration, Looks, Maxwell

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

College, Course, Idea, Ideas, Math, Philosophy

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

Crazy, Enough, Inspirational, Make, Mistake, Working

When religion talks about our aspirations and our sense of morality, I do not believe that science can contradict it. However, when religion contradicts science on matters of fact, religion must yield.

Believe, Contradicts, Fact, Matter, Science, Yield