The great advances in science usually result from new tools rather than from new doctrines.
Freeman DysonEvery orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people.
Freeman DysonUnfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.
Freeman DysonIt's amazing how much progress there's been in China, and also India. Those are the places that really matter - they're half of the world's population. They're the places where things are enormously better now than they were 50 years ago. And I don't see anything that's going to stop that.
Freeman Dyson