Michio Kaku Quotes

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• In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band; physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the melodies we play on vibrating strings; the universe is a symphony of strings, and the "Mind of God" is cosmic music resonating in 11 dimensional hyperspace.

  Michio Kaku

  Play, Symphony, Mind

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. March 7, 2014.

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  The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.

  Michio Kaku

  Brain, Sitting, Neurons

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• The most complex object in the known universe: brain, only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant to energize a computer the size of a city block to mimic your brain, and your brain does it with just 20 watts. So if someone calls you a dim bulb, that's a compliment.

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  Block, Cities, Brain

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• What is the universe? The universe is a symphony of vibrating strings...we are nothing but melodies. We are nothing but cosmic music played out on vibrating strings and membranes.

  Michio Kaku

  Symphony, Strings, Membranes

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• All kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society.

  Michio Kaku

  Children, Kids, Deep Thought

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• Impossible is relative.

  Michio Kaku

  Impossible, Relative

  Michio Kaku (2008). “Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation and Time Travel”, p.9, Penguin UK

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• You know; when I look at the night sky and I see this enormous splendor of stars and galaxies, I sometimes ask the question, well how many worlds are we talking about? Well do the math, there are about 100 billion galaxies that are in the visible universe and each galaxy in turn contains about 100 billion stars, you multiply and you get about ten billion trillion stars. Well I think it is the height of arrogance to believe that we are alone in the universe, my attitude is that the universe is teaming, teaming with different kinds of life forms

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  Stars, Attitude, Believe

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  It's pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you're not doing anything.

  Michio Kaku

  Nice, Mean, Clean Desk

  "Desktop Diaries: Michio Kaku". "Science Friday", www.npr.org. May 20, 2011.

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• Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are born with. However blessed we are by fate with different abilities and strengths, we should try to develop them to the fullest, rather than allow them to atrophy and decay. ... Second, we should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it.

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  Blessed, Fate, Two

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• Today, your cell phone has more computer power than all of NASA back in 1969, when it placed two astronauts on the moon. Video games, which consume enormous amounts of computer power to simulate 3-D situations, use more computer power than mainframe computers of the previous decade. The Sony PlayStation of today, which costs $300, has the power of a military supercomputer of 1997, which cost millions of dollars.

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  Military, Moon, Phones

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• We have the media, which is such a waste in the sense that you can actually feel your IQ get lower as you watch TV.

  Michio Kaku

  Media, Watches, Waste

  "Michio Kaku and The Physics of the Future". Interview with Clayton Stearns, scriptphd.com. April 26, 2011.

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• In the beginning God said, the four-dimensional divergence of an antisymmetric, second rank tensor equals zero, and there was light, and it was good. And on the seventh day he rested.

  Michio Kaku

  Zero, Light, Four

  "A universe in a nutshell: The physics of everything, with Michio Kaku". bigthink.com. 2017.

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• The brain weighs only three pounds, yet it is the most complex object in the solar system.

  Michio Kaku

  Brain, Three, Pounds

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  Science is the engine of prosperity. But you'd never know it, listening to some of the politicians. They're lawyers and businessmen, not scientists. Lawyers and businessmen massage wealth; they don't create it.

  Michio Kaku

  Listening, Massage, Lawyer

  Interview with Jason Heller, www.avclub.com. April 9, 2009.

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• Music is the voice of God traveling through ten-dimensional hyperspace.

  Michio Kaku

  Voice, Music Is, Voice Of God

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• Some people seek meaning in life through personal gain, through personal relationship, or through personal experiences. However, it seems to me that being blessed with the intellect to divine the ultimate secrets of nature gives meaning enough to life.

  Michio Kaku

  Blessed, People, Giving

  FaceBook post by Dr. Michio Kaku from Feb 16, 2010

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• There is so much noise on the Internet, with would-be prophets daily haranguing their audience and megalomaniacs trying to push bizarre ideas, that eventually people will cherish a new commodity: wisdom.

  Michio Kaku

  Ideas, People, Trying

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• Srinivasa Ramanujan was the strangest man in all of mathematics, probably in the entire history of science. He has been compared to a bursting supernova, illuminating the darkest, most profound corners of mathematics, before being tragically struck down by tuberculosis at the age of 33, like Riemann before him. Working in total isolation from the main currents of his field, he was able to rederive 100 years' worth of Western mathematics on his own. The tragedy of his life is that much of his work was wasted rediscovering known mathematics.

  Michio Kaku

  Life, Science, Men

  "Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension". Book by Michio Kaku, March 24, 1994.

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• What differentiates human from lower-animal consciousness is time. You can't explain the concept of "tomorrow" to your dog. Our consciousness is dominated by time - We're constantly running simulations of the future. Our brain is a prediction machine. The hallmark of intelligence, indeed of genius, is the number and complexity of the feedback loops we use in predicting the future.

  Michio Kaku

  Running, Dog, Brain

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• We've done a miserable job of preparing people for today's world, let alone tomorrow's.

  Michio Kaku

  People, World, Done

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Math is discovered. To be invented requires an inventor, but math exists outside of humanity. But ultimately, the laws of the universe will be reduced down to a single equation, perhaps no more than one inch long. But leaves the final question, where did that one inch equation come from?

  Michio Kaku

  Math, Law, Long

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  If you could meet your grandkids as elderly citizens in the year 2100 … you would view them as being, basically, Greek gods… that's where we're headed.

  Michio Kaku

  Elderly, Views, Years

  "Captain Michio and the World of Tomorrow" by Brian Bolduc, www.wsj.com. March 9, 2012.

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• It's humbling to realise that the developmental gulf between a miniscule ant colony and our modern human civilisation is only a tiny fraction of the distance between a Type 0 and a Type III civilisation - a factor of 100 billion billion, in fact. Yet we have such a highly regarded view of ourselves, we believe a Type III civilisation would find us irresistible and would rush to make contact with us. The truth is, however, they may be as interested in communicating with humans as we are keen to communicate with ants.

  Michio Kaku

  Distance, Believe, Communication

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• Wormholes were first introduced to the public over a century ago in a book written by an Oxford mathematician. Perhaps realizing that adults might frown on the idea of multiply connected spaces, he wrote the book under a pseudonym and wrote it for children. His name was Charles Dodgson, his pseudonym was Lewis Carroll, and the book was Through The Looking Glass.

  Michio Kaku

  Children, Book, Glasses

  Michio Kaku (1999). “Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century”, p.340, Oxford Paperbacks

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• What do oil company executives, vampires and NASA bureaucrats all have in common? They fear solar energy.

  Michio Kaku

  Oil, Vampire, Energy

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