Physicists Are More Like Avant-garde Composers, Willing

I'd Say Many Features Of String Theory Don't Mesh With What We Observe In Everyday Life.

So: If You Buy The Notion That Reality Consists Of The Things In Your Freeze-frame Mental Image Right Now, And If You Agree That Your Now Is No More Valid Than The Now Of Someone Located Far Away In Space Who Can Move Freely, Then Reality Encompasses All Of The Events In Spacetime.

When I Give This Talk To A Physics Audience, I Remove The Quotes From My 'theorem'.

The Fact That I Don't Have Any Particular Need For Religion Doesn't Mean That I Have A Need To Cast Religion Aside The Way Some Of My Colleagues Do.

Sometimes Attaining The Deepest Familiarity With A Question Is Our Best Substitute For Actually Having The Answer.