Why is there something rather than nothing?

The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.

An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but it takes a genius to make a profound mistake.

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.

When religion talks about our aspirations and our sense of morality, I do not believe that science can contradict it. However, when religion contradicts science on matters of fact, religion must yield.