I was most eager to see how Trump would respond to the climate-change question. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
On the question of preserving public lands, Trump replies that our elected officials have spent too long rewarding ‘special interests,’ by which I assume he doesn’t mean petroleum companies and the Bundy family. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
On the question of information security, he claims that, in a Trump Administration, the U.S. government will not spy on its own citizens. If true, this would represent a turn away from the strong language that he has used about identifying terrorists on our soil. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
Cabinet members may disagree and even resign in protest, but, ultimately, they must obey the order of the Commander-in-Chief. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
When it comes to the things that people really want in science fiction – like space travel – the simplest things end up causing them not to happen. Humans are 100-pound bags of water, built to live on Earth. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
By his own admission, Carson’s remarkable hand-eye coordination allowed him to soar as a surgeon, and he used that success to build a lucrative reputation as a purveyor of advice for young and old. His book for young people is titled ‘You Have a Brain.’ Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
Local order in parts of the universe is always possible at the expense of heat and disorder dissipated to the external environment. The human body is one example: we take in energy from our environment to build up complex molecules that help power our bodies, and, in doing so, we release heat to the world around us. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
When considering real-world issues, particularly those that touch on science and technology, it is harder to speak in platitudes or rely purely on emotion or fear. Substance, or its lack, becomes harder to mimic or mask, which is why I wish we had a true televised presidential debate on these subjects. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
For a man with an impressive educational C.V., Ben Carson makes a lot of intellectual missteps. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
