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Here are 5 powerful quotes from Closer to Truth: Science, Meaning, and the Future and its discussions:
“Three pounds of wet flesh can discern how the universe began while enjoying the music of Bach.”
— Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Highlights the extraordinary capability of the human brain.
“Why is there something rather than nothing?”
— Martin Heidegger
The deepest question of existence at the heart of metaphysics.
“Someone who proposes a non-strange answer shows he didn’t understand the question.”
— Robert Nozick
Emphasizes how profound and difficult ultimate questions are.
“We tend to think that the laws of physics are eternal… what a shock it would be if they are not.”
— David Goodstein
Reflects the uncertainty and evolving nature of scientific understanding.
“Technology brings tremendous good—but also opportunity for malevolence.”
— Eric Courchesne
Captures the ethical duality of scientific progress.
If you want, I can also give 10 ultra-short “exam-ready” quotes (one-liners) or theme-wise quotes (consciousness, cosmos, mind, ethics).
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