The Universe Does Not Care What We

Most People Don't Base Their Morality On Religion In Spite What They Say. If You Ask People, "if You Didn't Believe In God, Would You Go Out And Kill Your Neighbour?" Most People Will Say, "no".

Every Atom In Your Body Came From A Star That Exploded. And The Atoms In Your Left Hand Probably Came From A Different Star Than Your Right Hand. It Really Is The Most Poetic Thing I Know About Physics: You Are All Stardust.

Philosophy Used To Be A Field That Had Content, But Then Natural Philosophy Became Physics, And Physics Has Only Continued To Make Inroads. Every Time Theres A Leap In Physics, It Encroaches On These Areas That Philosophers Have Carefully Sequestered Away To Themselves, And So Then You Have This Natural Resentment On The Part Of Philosophers.

Science Is Not Just There For Technology. It's Part Of What Addressing Who You Are In The Universe And Understanding Your Place In The Cosmos. Good Art, Good Literature, Good Music - All Of That Is For That And Science Is A Part Of It.

The One Experience That I Hope Every Student Has At Some Point In Their Lives Is To Have Some Belief You Profoundly, Deeply Hold, Proved To Be Wrong Because That Is The Most Eye-opening Experience You Can Have, And As A Scientist, To Me, Is The Most Exciting Experience I Can Ever Have.