Gregory Benford quotes

Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist, renowned for his hard science fiction works such as "Timescape." His writing often explores the intersections of science, technology, and human experience. He is also a respected scientist, contributing significant research to the field of astrophysics. Here are 124 of his quotes:

To shine is better than to reflect. (Gregory Benford)
Religions do not teach doubt. View quote
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Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. View quote
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They will do anything for the worker, except become one. View quote
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Disintegration of structure equals information loss. View quote
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Modern economics and the welfare state borrowed heavily on the future. View quote
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The peers just fill the air with their speeches.” "And from what I've seen, vice versa. View quote
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Any technology that does not appear magical is insufficiently advanced. View quote
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Science is like literature, a continuing dialog among diverse and conflicting voices, no one ever wholly right or wholly wrong, but a steady conversation forever provisional and personal and living. View quote
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At least being prosperous set one apart in England; here it guaranteed nothing, not even taste. View quote
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The personal was, compared with the tides of great nations, a bothersome detail. (Gregory Benford)
It was getting the results that made science worth doing; the accolades were a thin, secondary pleasure. View quote
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No matter how much you plan for it, the real thing seems curiously, well, unreal. View quote
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(Crank theories) always violated the first rule of a scientific model: they were uncheckable. View quote
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The past was a jigsaw puzzle and you never had all the pieces. View quote
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Every boy knows he is immortal, but his parents, they are not so sure. View quote
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Just because something's crazy, doesn't mean it's wrong. View quote
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The role of boredom in human history is underrated. View quote
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Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury - or at least comfort - so there's a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out. View quote
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He didn't regret growing older, it was a privilege denied to many. View quote
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A rich bank account did not mean rich ideas; in fact, often the reverse. The bigger your ass, the more you want to cover it. (Gregory Benford)
Manufacturing creates wealth, services distribute it. View quote
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One of the laws of nature," Gordon said, "is that half the people have got to be below average.""For a Gaussian distribution, yeah," Cooper said. "Sad, though. View quote
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SF is a controlled way to think and dream about the future. An integration of the mood and attitude of science (the objective universe) with the fears and hopes that spring from the unconscious. Anything that turns you and your social context inside out. Nightmares and visions, always outlined by the barely possible. View quote
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Organic forms are in the universe of things and also reside in the universe of essences. View quote
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Gregory Benford

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Occupation: American Physicist
Born: January 30, 1941
Quotes count: 124
Wikipedia: Gregory Benford

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