Teller
Teller
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth14 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
future science uncertainty-principle
One may say that predictions are dangerous particularly for the future. If the danger involved in a prediction is not incurred, no consequence follows and the uncertainty principle is not violated.
future exotic done
Really exotic methods of propulsion . . . will have to be devised to get there. How it will be done, I do not know. Whether it will be done, I am not quite certain. But I would bet it can be done.
mistake science genius
If there ever was a misnomer, it is "exact science." Science has always been full of mistakes. The present day is no exception. And our mistakes are good mistakes; they require a genius to correct. Of course, we do not see our own mistakes.
science fool-proof defeat
There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.
funny humor fool
When you're certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool.
information damage doe
Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.
education thinking pages
I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.
optimism guilty crime
I am guilty of the great crime of optimism.
science technology discovery
Today, nothing is unusual about a scientific discovery's being followed soon after by a technical application: The discovery of electrons led to electronics; fission led to nuclear energy. But before the 1880's, science played almost no role in the advances of technology. For example, James Watt developed the first efficient steam engine long before science established the equivalence between mechanical heat and energy.
science order simplicity
Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.
simplicity becoming purpose
The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.
discovery challenges tests
[Chemistry] laboratory work was my first challenge. ... I still carry the scars of my first discovery-that test-tubes are fragile.
physics mathematics meaningless
Physics without mathematics is meaningless.
addiction accepted secrecy
Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.