The Weirdness of the World Quotes

“What's life for if there's no time to play and explore?”
― Eric Schwitzgebel, The Weirdness of the World

“In each of our heads there are about as many neurons as stars in our galaxy, and each neuron is arguably more structurally complex than any star system that does not contain life. There is as much complexity and mystery inside us as out.”
― Eric Schwitzgebel, The Weirdness of the World

“It is progress to create doubt where none existed before, if that doubt appropriately reflects our ignorance. It is progress to appreciate possibilities we hadn't previously recognized. It is progress to chart previously unthought landscapes of what might be so.”
― Eric Schwitzgebel, The Weirdness of the World

“I find something wonderful in not knowing.”
― Eric Schwitzgebel, The Weirdness of the World

“It would just be too sad if the world had no space for speculation about wild hypotheticals.”
― Eric Schwitzgebel, The Weirdness of the World