Freeman Dyson1923–2020Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.
Infinite in All Directions (1988), Ch. 1: In Praise of DiversityThe real world is muddy and messy and full of things that we do not yet understand.
“Heretical Thoughts about Science and Society”, in Edge (8 August 2007)- Progress In Religion (2000)
Scientifically speaking, a butterfly is at least as mysterious as a superstring.
Infinite in All Directions (1988), Ch. 2: Butterflies and Superstrings, p. 14- Progress In Religion (2000)
- “Progress in Religion”, Templeton Prize address (May 2000)
The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible.
Imagined Worlds (1997)- Infinite in All Directions (1988), Ch. 1: In Praise of Diversity
- The Scientist As Rebel (2006), Part I: Contemporary Issues in Science, Ch. 1: “The Scientist as Rebel”
