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Fred Hoyle Quotes

Fred Hoyle quotes

English Scientist June 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001

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Once we see, however, that the probability of life originating at random is so utterly miniscule as to make it absurd, it becomes sensible to think that the favorable properties of physics on which life depends are in every respect deliberate ... . It is therefore almost inevitable that our own measure of intelligence must reflect ... higher intelligences ... even to the limit of God ... such a theory is so obvious that one wonders why it is not widely accepted as being self-evident. The... Fred Hoyle
Life cannot have had a random beginning ... The trouble is that there are about 2000 enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in 10^40,000, an outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup. Fred Hoyle
Fred Hoyle quote: "Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three)..."
Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way. Fred Hoyle
A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there? So small as to be negligible, even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole Universe. Fred Hoyle
Fred Hoyle quote: "Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if..."
Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. Fred Hoyle
The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of. Fred Hoyle
Fred Hoyle quote: "I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem..."
I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible. Fred Hoyle
Fred Hoyle quote: "There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know..."
There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for. Fred Hoyle
The notion that not only the biopolymer but the operating program of a living cell could be arrived at by chance in a primordial organic soup here on the Earth is evidently nonsense of a high order. Fred Hoyle
When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow. Fred Hoyle

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