Robin Ince
Robin Ince
Robin Inceis an English comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage with physicist Brian Cox...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth20 February 1969
jokes quite telling
I have a problem with telling jokes about physics. Quite often the audience have no idea what you are talking about and, to be honest, I don't know what I'm talking about either.
answer battle box doubt good greatest main minds people realise scared
The main battle is to make people realise that doubt is important. Doubt is good. The 'don't know' answer sometimes is the box you should tick, and it's about not being scared about that fact. Even the greatest minds don't know everything.
valentines-day honesty eye
My wife could turn to me and she may say, 'Why do you love me?' And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say, 'Because our pheromones matched our olfactory receptors.'
revision firsts life-is
My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time.
library percentages hush
I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries - I like the hush.
writing thinking patterns
There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.
people age towns
Science is very cross-generational; you're not just aiming it at twentysomethings, or eightysomethings. Every town's got a really broad selection of people and age groups interested in science.
ideas interesting people
I want to create shows which are interesting. I hope that some people are excited by some of the ideas.
thinking information worst
The worst, the most difficult thing I think is that the more you become intrigued by science and the information is out there, the more you are aware of the paucity of your own knowledge.
vain theory physicist
I have a theory that evolutionary biologists are more vain than particle physicists.
people too-much excitement
We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.
technology typewriters monkeys
They gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week, and after a week, they only used it as a bathroom.
talking balance needs
You always need to find the balance in the science, but the balance to talking about evolutionary theory is not to talk about creationism, that's not a balance, that's misleading and it's just wrong.
laughter computer cold
Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer programme on stage generate so much laughter.