Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are governed by the laws of physics and chemistry and therefore are as determined as the orbits of the planets.

I thought Eddie Redmayne portrayed me very well... At times I thought he was me.

Although quantum mechanics has been around for nearly 70 years, it is still not generally understood or appreciated, even by those that use it to do calculations.

In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle.

The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.

I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science. It has no beginning and no end.

What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.