“Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: technology
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We have no reason to think that
“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
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: change
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Unfortunately things are different in climate science
“Unfortunately things are different in climate science because the arguments have become heavily politicised. To say that the dogmas are wrong has become politically incorrect.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: science
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The world of science and the world
“The world of science and the world of literature have much in common. Each is an international club, helping to tie mankind together across barriers of nationality, race and language. I have been doubly lucky, being accepted as a member of both.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: science
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A good scientist is a person with
“A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: design
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It has become part of the accepted
“It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: wisdom
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What the world needs is a small,
“What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford.”
— Freeman Dyson
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Category: power
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What the world needs is a small,
“What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: government
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I have the freedom to do what
“I have the freedom to do what I want… bright people to talk to every day.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: freedom
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What the world needs is a small,
“What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: technology
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The question that will decide our destiny
“The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.”
— Freeman Dyson
Author: Freeman Dyson
Category: intelligence
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