The process of science is difficult and challenging. It involves always being aware that your ideas might be right or they might be wrong. I think it's that kind of balance that makes science so interesting. Lisa Randall More Quotes by Lisa Randall More Quotes From Lisa Randall Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, and to mathematics, and to other fields of science, just as it is to its more widely acknowledged beneficiaries - the arts and humanities. Lisa Randall creativityscienceart Basically, I wasn't properly socialized, so it made sense to do physics. Lisa Randall physicsmade It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is. Lisa Randall hubriswaythinking An almost indispensable skill for any creative person is the ability to pose the right questions. Creative people identify promising, exciting, and, most important, accessible routes to progress - and eventually formulate the questions correctly. Lisa Randall skillscreativepeople The universe has its secrets. Extra dimensions of space might be one of them. If so, the universe has been hiding those dimensions, protecting them, keeping them coyly under wraps. From a casual glance, you would never suspect a thing. Lisa Randall spacesecretmight One of the nice things about math and science is it’s obvious, you get the answer or you don’t get the answer. Lisa Randall niceanswersmath Sometimes models are surprisingly smart. Lisa Randall modelssmartsometimes Faith just doesn't have anything to do with what I'm doing as a scientist. It's nice if you can believe in God, because then you see more of a purpose in things. Even if you don't, though, it doesn't mean that there's no purpose. It doesn't mean that there's no goodness. I think that there's a virtue in being good in and of itself. I think that one can work with the world we have. Lisa Randall nicefaithbelieve When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore? Lisa Randall choicesworld Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress. Lisa Randall explorationprogressideas Travel at faster than the speed of light certainly can have dramatic implications that are difficult to understand, such as time travel. Lisa Randall dramaticspeedlight There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is. Lisa Randall realspiritualmean I did not set out to explain the extinction of the dinosaurs. I'm a particle physicist, and I was actually thinking about dark matter along with some collaborators. Lisa Randall dinosaursdarkthinking Science is a combination of theory and experiment and the two together are how you make progress. Lisa Randall progresstogethertwo All the normal matter in the Milky Way disc is denser than the dark matter that surrounds it. Lisa Randall matterdarkway If such external influences are intrinsic to religion, then logic and scientific thought dictate that there must be a mechanism by which this influence is transmitted. A religious or spiritual belief that involves an invisible undetectable force that nonetheless influences human actions and behavior or that of the world itself produces a situation in which a believer has no choice but to have faith and abandon logic--or simply not care. Lisa Randall choicesreligiousspiritual When people try to use religion to address the natural world, science pushes back on it, and religion has to accommodate the results. Beliefs can be permanent, but beliefs can also be flexible. Personally, if I find out my belief is wrong, I change my mind. I think that's a good way to live. Lisa Randall mindpeoplethinking Scientific research involves going beyond the well-trodden and well-tested ideas and theories that form the core of scientific knowledge. During the time scientists are working things out, some results will be right, and others will be wrong. Over time, the right results will emerge. Lisa Randall scientistresearchideas I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true. If you do something for a religious reason, you do it because you'll be rewarded in an afterlife or in this world. That's not quite as good as something you do for purely generous reasons. Lisa Randall afterlifereligiousthinking We certainly don't yet know all the answers. But the universe is about to be pried open. Lisa Randall universeanswersknows
