It Is True That Many Scientists Are

Physics As We Know It Will Be Over In Six Months.

I Am Now Convinced That Theoretical Physics Is Actually Philosophy.

The Belief That There Is Only One Truth And That Oneself Is In Possession Of It Seems To Me The Deepest Root Of All Evil That Is In The World.

If Alpha [the Fine-structure Constant] Were Bigger Than It Really Is, We Should Not Be Able To Distinguish Matter From Ether [the Vacuum, Nothingness], And Our Task To Disentangle The Natural Laws Would Be Hopelessly Difficult. The Fact However That Alpha Has Just Its Value 1/137 Is Certainly No Chance But Itself A Law Of Nature. It Is Clear That The Explanation Of This Number Must Be The Central Problem Of Natural Philosophy.

It Is True That Many Scientists Are Not Philosophically Minded And Have Hitherto Shown Much Skill And Ingenuity But Little Wisdom.