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1. "A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this remote planet in a remote corner of the universe, endowed with intelligence and self-awareness. We should not despair, but should humbly rejoice in making the most of these gifts, and celebrate our brief moment in the sun." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
2. "In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection. Indeed, they will be receding faster than the speed of light, so detection will be impossible. Future civilizations will discover science and all its laws, and never know about other galaxies or the cosmic background radiation. They will inevitably come to the wrong conclusion about the universe......We live in a special time, the only time, where we can observationally verify that we live in a special time." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
3. "Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn't be here if stars hadn't exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren't created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
4. "If we wish to draw philosophical conclusions about our own existence, our significance, and the significance of the universe itself, our conclusions should be based on empirical knowledge. A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa, whether or not we like the implications." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
5. "Now, almost one hundred years later, it is difficult to fully appreciate how much our picture of the universe has changed in the span of a single human lifetime. As far as the scientific community in 1917 was concerned, the universe was static and eternal, and consisted of a one single galaxy, our Milky Way, surrounded by vast, infinite, dark, and empty space. This is, after all, what you would guess by looking up at the night sky with your eyes, or with a small telescope, and at the time there was little reason to suspect otherwise." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
6. "I can't prove that God doesn't exist, but I'd much rather live in a universe without one." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
7. "The Bible is full of dubious scientific impossibilities, from Jonah living inside a whale, to the sun standing still in the sky for Joshua." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
8. "The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
9. "Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
10. "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
11. "Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
12. "Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism, Christianity and Islam." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
13. "Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
14. "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
15. "I don't know if science and reason will ultimately help guide humanity to a better and more peaceful future, but I am certain that this belief is part of what keeps the 'Star Trek' fandom going." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
16. "Lack of comfort means we are on the threshold of new insights." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
17. "I like to say that while antimatter may seem strange, it is strange in the sense that Belgians are strange. They are not really strange; it is just that one rarely meets them." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
18. "[I]n science we have to be particularly cautious about "why" questions. When we ask, "Why?" we usually mean "How?" If we can answer the latter, that generally suffices for our purposes. For example, we might ask: "Why is the Earth 93 million miles from the Sun?" but what we really probably mean is, "How is the Earth 93 million miles from the Sun?" That is, we are interested in what physical processes led to the Earth ending up in its present position. "Why" implicitly suggests purpose, and when we try to understand the solar system in scientific terms, we do not generally ascribe purpose to it." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
19. "Forget Jesus, the stars died so you could be born." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
20. "Their mutual gravitational attraction will ultimately cause them to collapse inward, in manifest disagreement with an apparently static universe." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
21. "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
22. "Religious leaders need to be held accountable for their ideas." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
23. "To me, what philosophy does best is reflect on knowledge that's generated in other areas." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
24. "The universe has a much greater imagination than we do, which is why the real story of the universe is far more interesting than any of the fairy tales we have invented to describe it." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
25. "For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
26. "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
27. "Aside from communications satellites, space is devoid of industry." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
28. "By no definition of any modern scientist is intelligent design science, and it's a waste of our students' time to subject them to it." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
29. "If our species is to survive, our future will probably require outposts beyond our own planet." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
30. "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
31. "Nothing can create something all the time due to the laws of quantum mechanics, and it's - it's fascinatingly interesting." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss
32. "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
33. "Of course, supernatural acts are what miracles are all about. They are, after all, precisely those things that circumvent the laws of nature. A god who can create the laws of nature can presumably also circumvent them at will. Although why they would have been circumvented so liberally thousands of years ago, before the invention of modern communication instruments that could have recorded them, and not today, is still something to wonder about." ~ Lawrence M. Krauss

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