...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice.

Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.

Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding...

Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored.

...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance.

Religion is not meant to explain the universe. It cannot replace scientific research.

An informed appraisal of life absolutely require(s) a full understanding of life’s arena–the universe. … By deepening our understanding of the true nature of physical reality, we profoundly reconfigure our sense of ourselves and our experience of the universe.

... things are the way they are in our universe because if they Weren't, we would not be here to notice.

La cosmología tiene la capacidad de llamar nuestra atención a un nivel profundo y visceral, porque comprender cómo comenzó todo es, al menos para algunos, el punto en el que podemos encontrarnos más cerca de comprender por qué empezó.