I don’t see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible.
About Fred Hoyle
Sir Fred Hoyle was an English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper. He also held controversial stances on other scientific matters–in particular his rejection of the “Big Bang” theoryin favor of the “steady-state model”, and his promotion of panspermia as the origin of life on Earth.
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I don’t see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible.
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Things are the way they are because they were the way they were.
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There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don’t know what it’s a plan for.
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Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.
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The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.
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Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.
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