Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity.

Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.

It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment.

Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity.

Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense...

To me quantum computation is a new and deeper and better way to understand the laws of physics, and hence understanding physical reality as a whole.

Base metals can be transmuted into gold by stars, and by intelligent beings who understand the processes that power stars, but by nothing else in the universe.