Quotes By Author: felix alba-juez

“Teaching the layperson (divulgare) is not distorting (tergiversare) the subject, but educating the public; and it is our duty as scientists to educate without distorting the essence of the scientific knowledge attained by humanity. The future of our society depends upon this premise.”

“Without causality in the world, there is no point in educating people, or making any moral or political appeal.”

“After some cogitation, it is difficult not to agree with Herman Bondi (1919 – 2005), who in his book ‘Relativity and Common Sense’ says:… The surprising thing, surely, is that molecules in a gas behave so much as billiard balls, not that electrons behave so little like billiard balls.”

“If Relativity Theory kills our deepest convictions, why not start by finding out why we believed in them for millennia?”

“It is curious that the human mind could blindly accept an infinite speed but had reservations to accept a finite one, simply because it was too large!”

“When we say two bodies ‘touch’, what we mean (without knowing it) is that both electromagnetic fields are interacting to avoid physical interpenetration and … that happens well before subatomic particles touch!”

“Truth is not as pompous and romantic as myth … but it has the immeasurable value of being the Truth.”

“Why is it so difficult for us to think in relative terms? Well, for the good reason that human nature loves absoluteness, and erroneously considers it as a state of higher knowledge.”

“The command of our language is crucial to focusing our thoughts and communicating them with precision to others.”

“There is no problem more difficult to solve than that created by ourselves.”