I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing the world into my... →
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum of Modern Art.
Because some of my at-home life was rough and lonely, I often looked to escape into my imagination. Science fiction provided a deep well to pull from... →
Keahu Kahuanui
I was a bit of an introvert growing up, and I tended to do better in math and science at school, so I went with it.
We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against poverty, illness, disease and give us more... →
Michio Kaku
Leaders in China and India realize that science and technology lead to success and wealth. But many countries in the West graduate students into the... →
One problem with politics is that it is a zero sum game, i.e. politicians argue how to cut the pie smaller and smaller, by reshuffling pieces of the... →
For bedtime reading, I usually curl up with a good monograph on quantum physics or string theory, my specialty. But since I was a child, I have been... →
In science, nothing is ever 100% proven.
Having a super-brain does not suddenly make you a dictator of the world. So we don't have to fear the scenarios of science fiction where the Lex... →