A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being?
Carl SaganStichwörter: science earth cosmology space-exploration
How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression? Let us remember the story of the Indian philosopher and his elephant. It was never more applicable than to the present subject. If the material world rests upon a similar ideal world, this ideal world must rest upon some other; and so on, without end. It were better, therefore, never to look beyond the present material world.
David HumeStichwörter: religion infinity logic cosmology discourse empiricism unmoved-mover
The river is one of my favorite metaphors, the symbol of the great flow of Life Itself. The river begins at Source, and returns to Source, unerringly. This happens every single time, without exception. We are no different.
Jeffrey R. AndersonStichwörter: nature cosmology river flow source the-flow-of-life
Like the microscopic strands of DNA that predetermine the identity of a macroscopic species and the unique propertires of its members, the modern look and feel of the cosmos was writ in the fabric of its earliest moments, and carried relentlessly through time and space. We feel it when we look up. We feel it when we look down. We feel it when we look within.
Neil deGrasse TysonStichwörter: science cosmology astrophysics
Quantum fluctuations are, at their root, completely a-causal, in the sense that cause and effect and ordering of events in time is not a part of how these fluctuations work. Because of this, there seem not to be any correlations built into these kinds of fluctuations because 'law' as we understand the term requires some kind of cause-and-effect structure to pre-exist. Quantum fluctuations can precede physical law, but it seems that the converse is not true. So in the big bang, the establishment of 'law' came after the event itself, but of course even the concept of time and causality may not have been quite the same back then as they are now.
Sten F. OdenwaldStichwörter: science universe cosmology physics laws quantum-mechanics big-bang causation cause-and-effect singularity quantum a-causal fluctuations quantum-fluctuations
...in principle, one can predict everything in the universe solely from physical laws. Thus, the long-standing 'first cause' problem intrinsic in cosmology has been finally dispelled.
Li Zhi FangStichwörter: science nature universe quantum-physics naturalism cosmology physics materialism laws big-bang origin beginning-of-universe
There is something stunningly narrow about how the Anthropic Principle is phrased. Yes, only certain laws and constants of nature are consistent with our kind of life. But essentially the same laws and constants are required to make a rock. So why not talk about a Universe designed so rocks could one day come to be, and strong and weak Lithic Principles? If stones could philosophize, I imagine Lithic Principles would be at the intellectual frontiers.
Carl SaganStichwörter: humor science life purpose philosophy nature universe funny meaning cosmology physics evidence laws
But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing—a universe that we humans, with our limited perspective, will someday understand.
George SmootStichwörter: science universe cosmology physics astronomy big-bang nobel-laureate astrophysics comprehensible understandable
Books of the sages of the ages reflect upon in stages; like honey their words on the tongue give due savour.”
{Source: A Green Desert Father}
Stichwörter: wisdom politics love morality religion freedom-of-thought fashion spirituality philosophical ireland cosmology universal prophecy irish-writer esoteric irish-poet
Cosmology is a science which has only a few observable facts to work with.
Robert Woodrow WilsonStichwörter: science cosmology facts nobel-laureate nobel-lecture observable
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