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Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Driven Global Global Warming Hysteria More Politics Science See Than Unfortunately Warming I See

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Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Good Important Journalist Scepticism Scientist

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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

Topics: Accepted Across Barriers Been Being Both Club Common Doubly Each Helping International Language Literature Lucky Mankind Member Much Nationality Race Science Tie Together World

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Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Among Any Many Opportunities People Pessimism See So Many Opportunities Them Younger Younger People

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I don't believe in technological determinism, especially not in biology and medicine. We have strong laws to keep doctors from monkeying around with humans that will remain in place. It's simply not true that everything that is technologically possible gets done.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Around Believe Biology Determinism Doctors Done Everything Gets Humans Keep Laws Medicine Place Possible Remain Simply Strong Technological True Will

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It's as great a part of the human adventure to invent things as to understand them. John Randall wasn't a great scientist, but he was a great inventor. There's been lots more like him, and it's a shame they don't get Nobel Prizes.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Adventure Been Get Great He Him Human Invent Inventor John Like Lots More Nobel Part Prizes Scientist Shame Them Things Understand

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The fact that the climate is getting warmer doesn't scare me at all. There's no reason why one should be scared.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Climate Fact Getting Me No Reason Reason Scare Scared Should Warmer Why

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The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Ethical Fewest Human Individual Lives People Problems Raise Scale Technologies Those Work

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Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Appropriate Each Each Generation Find Generation Individuals Lucky Needs Technology

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The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to do.

~Freeman Dyson

Topics: Designed Effectiveness Fail Job Judges Marketplace Practical Succeed Technologies Whether

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Physicist

Born: December 15th, 1923

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