Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.
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For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.
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We might be the holographic image of a two-dimensional structure.
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Physics grapples with the largest questions the universe presents. 'Where did the totality of reality come from?' 'Did time have a beginning?'
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Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our surroundings.
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We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?
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