But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy.
It's actually safe to create a universe in your basement.
The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged, why it banged, or what happened before it banged.
The question of the origin of the matter in the universe is no longer thought to be beyond the range of science -- everything can be created from nothing. . . it is fair to say that the universe is the ultimate free lunch.
Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen.
Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang.
It’s hard to build models of inflation that don't lead to a multiverse. It’s not impossible, so I think there’s still certainly research that needs to be done. But most models of inflation do lead to a multiverse, and evidence for inflation will be pushing us in the direction of taking [the idea of a] multiverse seriously.
It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it.
Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.
I don't know what anybody else in the world would want to thank America for, but man, it [jazz] works. What I like about it - and what public health people ought to like about it - it's safe sex.