It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct. Michio Kaku More Quotes by Michio Kaku More Quotes From Michio Kaku We've done a miserable job of preparing people for today's world, let alone tomorrow's. Michio Kaku done people world Chemistry is the melodies you can play on vibrating strings. Michio Kaku strings chemistry play Chances are, when we meet intelligent life forms in outer space they're going to be descended from predators. Michio Kaku intelligent space moon I'm a physicist, and we have something called Moore's Law, which says computer power doubles every 18 months. So every Christmas, we more or less assume that our toys and appliances are more or less twice as powerful as the previous Christmas. Michio Kaku powerful christmas law In fact, all of us have a piece of Chernobyl in our bodies going back to 1986. Michio Kaku pieces body facts I think Newton would be the greatest scientist who ever lived. Michio Kaku newton would-be thinking By 2100, our destiny is to become like the gods we once worshipped and feared. But our tools will not be magic wands and potions but the science of computers, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and most of all, the quantum theory. Michio Kaku magic destiny tools Sometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero Uno? Am I going to get better television reception? Am I going to get better Internet reception?' Well, in some sense, yeah. ... All the wonders of quantum physics were learned basically from looking at atom-smasher technology. ... But let me let you in on a secret: We physicists are not driven to do this because of better color television. ... That's a spin-off. We do this because we want to understand our role and our place in the universe. Michio Kaku technology color discovery We physicists don't like to admit it, but some of us are closet science fiction fans. We hate to admit it because it sounds undignified. But when we were children, that's when we got interested in science, for a lot of us. Michio Kaku hate sound children We are not at the end but at the beginning of a new physics. But whatever we find, there will always be new horizons continually awaiting us. Michio Kaku new-horizons physics ends Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothing against them. I'm sure they do great work. But they're not scientists. They're clueless. Michio Kaku clueless today fiction Some people are a little bit afraid about the future because they see all these gadgets and gizmos coming down the pike and they think they're too old to learn all this new stuff. But eventually they begin to realize, 'Hey, some of this stuff is useful.' Michio Kaku hey people thinking The strength and weakness of physicists is that we believe in what we can measure. And if we can't measure it, then we say it probably doesn't exist. And that closes us off to an enormous amount of phenomena that we may not be able to measure because they only happened once. For example, the Big Bang. ... That's one reason why they scoffed at higher dimensions for so many years. Now we realize that there's no alternative. Michio Kaku science believe years Reality has always proved to be much more sophisticated and subtle than any preconceived philosophy. Michio Kaku sophisticated philosophy reality In the future we'll be able to mentally contact anybody we want, see whatever image we want. And when we don't like it, we'll just turn it off. Michio Kaku contact able want I had two passions when I was a child. First was to learn about Einstein's theory and help to complete his dream of a unified theory of everything. That's my day job. I work in something called string theory. I'm one of the founders of the subject. We hope to complete Einstein's dream of a theory of everything. Michio Kaku dream jobs children Even if we mortgage the next 100 years of generations of human beings, we would not have enough energy to build a Death Star. Michio Kaku stars energy years So often, science fiction helps to get young people interested in science. That's why I don't mind talking about science fiction. It has a real role to play: to seize the imagination. Michio Kaku real play talking It's very dangerous to put astronauts on a moon base where there's radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. It'd be much better to put robots on the moon and have them mentally connected to astronauts on the Earth. Michio Kaku robots moon earth To understand the difficulty of predicting the next 100 years, we have to appreciate the difficulty that the people of 1900 had in predicting the world of 2000. Michio Kaku appreciate people years
