Possession of a program with unique analytic capabilities puts a scientist in as much of a priveleged position to make new discoveries as the possession of a powerful telescope.
Heinz PagelsAs I continued to fall into the dark void, embraced by the vault of the heavens, I sang to the beauty of the stars and made my peace with the darkness.
Heinz PagelsInformation is just signs and numbers, while knowledge involves their meaning. What we want is knowledge, but what we get is information.
Heinz PagelsWhile we can prove that almost all numbers in the continuum are random, we cannot prove that any specific number is indeed random.
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