While we can prove that almost all numbers in the continuum are random, we cannot prove that any specific number is indeed random.
Heinz PagelsScience is expanding, and with it our vision of the universe. although this new and constantly changing view may not always give us comfort, it does have the virtue of truth according to our most effective resources for acquiring knowledge. No philosophy, moral outlook, or religion can be inconsistent with the findings of science and hope to endure among educated people.
Heinz PagelsScience cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.
Heinz PagelsThe great unexplored frontier is complexity ... I am convinced that the nations and people that master the new science of Complexity will become the economic, cultural, and political superpowers of the next century.
Heinz PagelsIt is unlikely that we will ever see a star being born. Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the very young, but never their actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event. Stars are born inside thick clouds of dust and gas in the spiral arms of the galaxy, so thick that visible light cannot penetrate them.
Heinz Pagels