“Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists may call on us to, well, you know, do it like crazy for the sake of humankind.” IfsKnowsLoveWellsMayEarthCrazyDestructionScientistSakeGuaranteesHumankindOur LoveOrbitMeteors Author:Dalai Lama
“In some ways I'm a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I've thought I'd go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that's not quite me. What's me is to do it in novels.” KnowsWayBigsNovelAmountScientistUniversityPhysicsFrustratedMathematicianTheoreticalBig QuestionsTheoretical Physics Author:Scarlett Thomas
“From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world.” IfsKnowsWorldKindWould BeUnderstandingInterestingChildhoodScientistRelevantOutside WorldInner WorldChemistEarly Childhood Author:Stephen LaBerge
“I am as non-accepting of medical quackery and unscientific approaches as anybody else. I've grown up as a card-carrying scientist, and I know the power of science to answer questions, and for many questions I don't know of anything better than scientific approaches to answer them.” KnowsAnswersAcceptingApproachScientistMedicalCardsQuackery Author:Dean Ornish
“If you Google some sites about the link between vaccines and autism, you can very quickly find that Google is repeating back to you your view about whether that link exists and not what scientists know, which is that there isn't a link between vaccines and autism. It's a feedback loop that's invisible.” IfsKnowsViewsScientistInvisibleLinksAutismGoogleSiteFeedbackVaccinesLoops Author:Eli Pariser