You have this world of mathematics, which is very real and which contains all kinds of wonderful stuff. And then we also have the world of nature, which is real, too. And that, by some miracle, the language that nature speaks is the same language that we invented for mathematics. That's just an amazing piece of luck, which we don't understand.
Freeman DysonThe purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.
Freeman DysonVegetation is really controlling what happens...whereas the emphasis in the climate models has always been on the atmosphere.
Freeman DysonI think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake.
Freeman Dyson