Bahcall Kaukauna Quotes

Said to physicist John Bahcall. I don't believe in natural science. ~ Kurt Godel

The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined. ~ John N. Bahcall

I do not personally want to believe that we already know the equations that determine the evolution and fate of the universe; it would make life too dull for me as a scientist ... I hope, and believe, that the Space Telescope might make the Big Bang cosmology appear incorrect to future generations, perhaps somewhat analogous to the way that Galileo's telescope showed that the earth-centered, Ptolemaic system was inadequate. ~ John N. Bahcall

We should do astronomy because it is beautiful and because it is fun. We should do it because people want to know. We want to know our place in the universe and how things happen. ~ John N. Bahcall

Every time we get slapped down, we can say, Thank you Mother Nature, because it means we're about to learn something important. ~ John N. Bahcall

In my personal view, a failure to discover unimagined objects and answer unasked questions, once HST functions properly, would indicate a lack of imagination in stocking the Universe on the part of the Deity. ~ John N. Bahcall