As far as I can see, our concentration of different abilities in one species - there's nothing I can see that in this Darwinian evolution that could've done that. So it seems to be a miracle of some sort.

I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake.

I am saying that all predictions concerning climate are highly uncertain.

I think that what the machines can do, of course, is wonderful, but it's not the same as what the brain can do.

If the tools are bad, nature's voice is muffled. If the tools are good, nature will give us a clear answer to a clear question.

There is nothing so big nor so crazy that one out of a million technological societies may not feel itself driven to do, provided it is physically possible.

All the time worrying about pushing the children and getting them to be mathematically literate and all that stuff. It's terribly hard on the kids. It's also hard on the teachers. And I think it's totally useless.