For the record: Quantum mechanics does not deny the existence of objective reality. Nor does it imply that mere thoughts can change external events. Effects still require causes, so if you want to change the universe, you need to act on it. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
It never ceases to amaze me that every second of every day, more than 6,000 billion neutrinos coming from nuclear reactions inside the sun whiz through my body, almost all of which will travel right through the earth without interruption. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
I have always felt that, aside from research that violates universal human mores, when it comes to technological applications, that which can be done will be done. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
We need to walk into the future, no matter how unnerving, with open eyes if society is to keep pace with technology. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
The rise of a ubiquitous Internet, along with 24-hour news channels has, in some sense, had the opposite effect from what many might have hoped such free and open access to information would have had. It has instead provided free and open access, without the traditional media filters, to a barrage of disinformation. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
The root cause of the looming energy problem – and the key to easing environmental, economic and religious tensions while improving public health – is to address the unending, and unequal, growth of the human population. And the one proven way to reduce fertility rates is to empower young women by educating them. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
Symmetry does mean something different for physicists than for members of the public. It means that an object or a theory does not change when you make some transformation – either rotating or moving it or doing something to the equations. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
There are areas of philosophy that are important, but I think of them as being subsumed by other fields. In the case of descriptive philosophy, you have literature or logic, which, in my view, is really mathematics. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
One might rationally argue that individual human beings should be free choose what moral behavior they approve of, and which they don’t, subject to the constraints of the law. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
A significant fraction of evangelical voters appear more likely to ignore the candidates’ specific economic and foreign policy platforms in favor of concerns about gay marriage or abortion. Lawrence M. Krauss Read Quote
