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Carlo Rovelli Quote: “The mystery of time has always troubled us, stirring deep emotions. So deep as to have nourished philosophies and religions.”

151. “The mystery of time has always troubled us, stirring deep emotions. So deep as to have nourished philosophies and religions.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution.”

152. “Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “That which seems intuitive to us now is the result of scientific and philosophical elaborations in the past.”

153. “That which seems intuitive to us now is the result of scientific and philosophical elaborations in the past.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Abstract thought can anticipate by centuries hypotheses that find a use – or confirmation – in scientific inquiry.”

154. “Abstract thought can anticipate by centuries hypotheses that find a use – or confirmation – in scientific inquiry.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Empowered by new conceptual tools and by mathematics, Einstein writes the equations which describe Democritus’s void and finds for its ‘certain physics’ a colourful and amazing world where universes explode, space collapses into bottomless holes, time slows down in the vicinity of a planet, and the boundless expanses of interstellar space ripple and sway like the surface of the sea.”

155. “Empowered by new conceptual tools and by mathematics, Einstein writes the equations which describe Democritus’s void and finds for its ‘certain physics’ a colourful and amazing world where universes explode, space collapses into bottomless holes, time slows down in the vicinity of a planet, and the boundless expanses of interstellar space ripple and sway like the surface of the sea.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Perhaps the rivers of ink that have been expended discussing the nature of the “continuous” over the centuries, from Aristotle to Heidegger, have been wasted. Continuity is only a mathematical technique for approximating very finely grained things. The world is subtly discrete, not continuous. The good Lord has not drawn the world with continuous lines: with a light hand, he has sketched it in dots, like the painter Georges Seurat.”

156. “Perhaps the rivers of ink that have been expended discussing the nature of the “continuous” over the centuries, from Aristotle to Heidegger, have been wasted. Continuity is only a mathematical technique for approximating very finely grained things. The world is subtly discrete, not continuous. The good Lord has not drawn the world with continuous lines: with a light hand, he has sketched it in dots, like the painter Georges Seurat.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Time, as Aristotle suggested, is the measure of change;.”

157. “Time, as Aristotle suggested, is the measure of change;.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “This means we can say that on Mars there are events that in this precise moment have already happened, events that are yet to happen, but also a quarter-of-an-hour of events during which things occur that are neither in our past nor in our future.”

158. “This means we can say that on Mars there are events that in this precise moment have already happened, events that are yet to happen, but also a quarter-of-an-hour of events during which things occur that are neither in our past nor in our future.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “But the world is a quantum one, and gelatinous spacetime is also an approximation.”

159. “But the world is a quantum one, and gelatinous spacetime is also an approximation.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “The greatness of literature lies in its capacity to communicate the experiences and feelings of human beings in all their variety, affording us glimpses of the boundless vastness of humanity.”

160. “The greatness of literature lies in its capacity to communicate the experiences and feelings of human beings in all their variety, affording us glimpses of the boundless vastness of humanity.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “For a hypothetically supersensible being, there would be no “flowing” of time: the universe would be a single block of past, present, and future.”

161. “For a hypothetically supersensible being, there would be no “flowing” of time: the universe would be a single block of past, present, and future.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Undistracted by schooling, one studies best during vacations.”

162. “Undistracted by schooling, one studies best during vacations.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “We long for timelessness, we endure the passing of time: we suffer time. Time is suffering.”

163. “We long for timelessness, we endure the passing of time: we suffer time. Time is suffering.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “When Einstein objected to quantum mechanics by remarking that “God does not play dice,” Bohr responded by admonishing him, “Stop telling God what to do.” Which means: Nature is richer than our metaphysical prejudices. It has more imagination than we do.”

164. “When Einstein objected to quantum mechanics by remarking that “God does not play dice,” Bohr responded by admonishing him, “Stop telling God what to do.” Which means: Nature is richer than our metaphysical prejudices. It has more imagination than we do.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “I chose as my supervisor a professor who allowed me to continue to study what I wanted.”

165. “I chose as my supervisor a professor who allowed me to continue to study what I wanted.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Newton’s mechanics, Maxwell’s equations, quantum mechanics, and so on, tell us how events happen, not how things are.”

166. “Newton’s mechanics, Maxwell’s equations, quantum mechanics, and so on, tell us how events happen, not how things are.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Probability does not refer to the evolution of matter in itself. It relates to the evolution of those specific quantities we interact with.”

167. “Probability does not refer to the evolution of matter in itself. It relates to the evolution of those specific quantities we interact with.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “What are the elementary “atoms” that vibrate, making a black hole hot? Hawking left this problem unanswered. Loop theory provides a possible answer. The elementary “atoms” of a black hole that vibrate, responsible for its temperature, are the individual quanta of space on its surface.”

168. “What are the elementary “atoms” that vibrate, making a black hole hot? Hawking left this problem unanswered. Loop theory provides a possible answer. The elementary “atoms” of a black hole that vibrate, responsible for its temperature, are the individual quanta of space on its surface.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Time passes more slowly for the one who keeps moving.”

169. “Time passes more slowly for the one who keeps moving.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “I don’t like to thank God: I like to wake in the morning, look at the sea and thank the wind, the waves, the sky, the fragrance of plants, the life that allows me to exist, the sun that rises.”

170. “I don’t like to thank God: I like to wake in the morning, look at the sea and thank the wind, the waves, the sky, the fragrance of plants, the life that allows me to exist, the sun that rises.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “What Copernicus, Newton, Einstein, and many others did was to build upon preexisting theories that synthesized empirical knowledge across vast fields of nature, and to find a way of combining and rethinking them, to improve the general picture.”

171. “What Copernicus, Newton, Einstein, and many others did was to build upon preexisting theories that synthesized empirical knowledge across vast fields of nature, and to find a way of combining and rethinking them, to improve the general picture.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “A calculation, in fact, demonstrates that without nodes, physical space has no volume. In other words, it is in the nodes of the graph, not in the lines, that the volume of space “resides.” The lines “link together” individual volumes sitting at the nodes.”

172. “A calculation, in fact, demonstrates that without nodes, physical space has no volume. In other words, it is in the nodes of the graph, not in the lines, that the volume of space “resides.” The lines “link together” individual volumes sitting at the nodes.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Too often scientists sell hypothetical theories to the large public, as if they were established theories. I have seen this often done, for instance, with string theory. I think this is a great mistake, because it questions the credibility itself of science. We scientists live out of public money and it is our duty to be fully honest in reporting what we know and what we do not know. We are paid to dream, but we must not sell our dreams for established realities.”

173. “Too often scientists sell hypothetical theories to the large public, as if they were established theories. I have seen this often done, for instance, with string theory. I think this is a great mistake, because it questions the credibility itself of science. We scientists live out of public money and it is our duty to be fully honest in reporting what we know and what we do not know. We are paid to dream, but we must not sell our dreams for established realities.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Our “present” does not extend throughout the universe. It is like a bubble around us.”

174. “Our “present” does not extend throughout the universe. It is like a bubble around us.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Quantum theory is of no direct help in understanding the mind.”

175. “Quantum theory is of no direct help in understanding the mind.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “I believe that we need to adapt our philosophy to our science, and not our science to our philosophy.”

176. “I believe that we need to adapt our philosophy to our science, and not our science to our philosophy.”

— Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli Quote: “Fearing the transition, being afraid of death, is like being afraid of reality itself; like being afraid of the sun. Whatever for?”

177. “Fearing the transition, being afraid of death, is like being afraid of reality itself; like being afraid of the sun. Whatever for?”

— Carlo Rovelli

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