Lawrence M. Krauss Quotes

Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right.

Rationality is not just something you do so that you can make more money, it is a binding principle. Rationality is a really good idea. You must avoid the nonsense that is conventional in one's own time. It requires developing systems of thought that improve your batting average over time.

Seek truth from facts.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.

My colleagues have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it, however it may jar against their inclinations.

Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself.

Embrace truth as it is revealed to-day by human reason.

I think the mistake that people make often times is you just lose touch of reality and you have to never be afraid to call someone's bullshit or call someone's bluff when something doesn't make sense.

Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the world, of facing reality square on but taking nothing on its face. It is about attacking a problem with the most manicured of claws and tearing it down into sensible, edible pieces.

To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

Hope is easy; knowledge is hard. Science is the one domain in which we human beings make a truly heroic effort to counter our innate biases and wishful thinking. Science is the one endeavor in which we have developed a refined methodology for separating what a person hopes is true from what he has good reason to believe.

I don't want to sound callous. I mean, even if I have nothing to offer, that doesn't matter, because that still doesn't mean that what anybody else has to offer therefore has to be true.

Science is a way of thinking that helps you not to fool yourself.

Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition.

Practically, Science is true; and Faith is foolish.

I believe that through its rational evaluation of truth and indifference to personal belief, science transcends religious and political divisions and so does bind us into a greater, more resilient whole.

Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.

It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

Facts are important to me, not emotions. I would caution against speculation.

Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect.

The really important thing is learning how to sceptically question and rely on empirical evidence.