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Freeman Dyson Quotes

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American Physicist December 15, 1923

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We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods. Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson quote: "There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other..."
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use. Freeman Dyson
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people. Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson quote: "The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it..."
The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes. Freeman Dyson
I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live. Freeman Dyson
The climate-studies people who work with models always tend to overestimate their models. They come to believe models are real and forget they are only models. Freeman Dyson
The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people. Freeman Dyson
The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility. Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson quote: "I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk..."
I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk to every day. Freeman Dyson
I don't think of myself predicting things. I'm expressing possibilities. Things that could happen. To a large extent it's a question of how badly people want them to. Freeman Dyson
The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs. Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson quote: "Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any..."
Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them. Freeman Dyson

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