Top 38 Quotes by Lawrence M. Krauss

About Lawrence M. Krauss

These are some quotes by American author Lawrence M. Krauss Physicist, who was born on May 27, 1954.

For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.

For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.

Lawrence M. Krauss

Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive.

Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive.

Lawrence M. Krauss

To me, what philosophy does best is reflect on knowledge that's generated in other areas.

To me, what philosophy does best is reflect on knowledge that's generated in other areas.

Lawrence M. Krauss

Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not.

Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not.

Lawrence M. Krauss

People are interested in science, but they don't always know they're interested in science, and so I try to find a way to get them interested.

People are interested in science, but they don't always know they're interested in science, and so I try to find a way to get them interested.

Lawrence M. Krauss

When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?

When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?

Lawrence M. Krauss

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.

Lawrence M. Krauss

Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face reality head on. I cannot see that this is such a bad thing.

Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face reality head on. I cannot see that this is such a bad thing.

Lawrence M. Krauss

I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.

I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.

Lawrence M. Krauss

Feynman once said, 'Science is imagination in a straitjacket.' It is ironic that in the case of quantum mechanics, the people without the straitjackets are generally the nuts.

Feynman once said, 'Science is imagination in a straitjacket.' It is ironic that in the case of quantum mechanics, the people without the straitjackets are generally the nuts.

Lawrence M. Krauss

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