What do oil company executives, vampires and NASA bureaucrats all have in common? They fear solar energy.
Michio KakuI would hope that the publicity around the Higgs boson would increase the public awareness of physics and cosmology.
Michio KakuSometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero Uno? Am I going to get better television reception? Am I going to get better Internet reception?' Well, in some sense, yeah. ... All the wonders of quantum physics were learned basically from looking at atom-smasher technology. ... But let me let you in on a secret: We physicists are not driven to do this because of better color television. ... That's a spin-off. We do this because we want to understand our role and our place in the universe.
Michio KakuChances are, when we meet intelligent life forms in outer space they're going to be descended from predators.
Michio Kaku