Top 100 Kaku Quotes
#1. Kaku, the aamti is excellent. Did you put ghee in the daal when it was boiling?
Sachin Kundalkar
#2. Separation on the River Kiang KO-JIN goes west from Ko-kaku-ro, The smoke-flowers are blurred over the river. His lone sail blots the far sky. And now I see only the river, The long Kiang, reaching heaven. Taking
Ezra Pound
#3. It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.
Michio Kaku
#4. The brain, like it or not, is a machine. Scientists have come to that conclusion, not because they are mechanistic killjoys, but because they have amassed evidence that every aspect of consciousness can be tied to the brain. - STEVEN PINKER
Michio Kaku
#5. We are slowly isolating the genes involved with the aging process. We do not have the fountain of youth, but I think, in the coming decades, we will unravel the aging process at the genetic level.
Michio Kaku
#6. Fourth is Lambda, the cosmological constant, which determines the acceleration of the universe.
Michio Kaku
#7. In the 1950s, we had all these B-grade science-fiction movies. The point was to scare the public and get them to buy popcorn. No attempt was made to create movies that were somewhat inherent to the truth.
Michio Kaku
#8. No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven.
Michio Kaku
#10. The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.
Michio Kaku
#11. The quantum theory is based on the idea that there is a probability that all possible events, no matter how fantastic or silly, might occur.
Michio Kaku
#12. These parallel universes are not ghost worlds with an ephemeral existence; within each universe, we have the appearance of solid objects and concrete events as real and as objective as any.
Michio Kaku
#13. A plasma is the "fourth state of matter." Solids, liquids, and gases make up the three familiar states of matter, but the most common form of matter in the universe is plasma, a gas of ionized atoms.
Michio Kaku
#14. Second is N, equal to 1036, which is the strength of the electric force divided by the strength of gravity, which shows how weak gravity is.
Michio Kaku
#15. The Pentagon has been looking into the possibility of developing "smart dust," dust-sized particles that have tiny sensors inside that can be sprayed over a battlefield to give commanders real-time information. In the future it is conceivable that "smart dust" might be sent to the nearby stars.
Michio Kaku
#16. First of all, the Big Bang wasn't very big. Second of all, there was no bang. Third, Big Bang Theory doesn't tell you what banged, when it banged, how it banged. It just said it did bang. So the Big Bang theory in some sense is a total misnomer.
Michio Kaku
#17. All kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society.
Michio Kaku
#18. This is a huge step toward unraveling Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1-what happened in the beginning. This is a Genesis machine. It'll help to recreate the most glorious event in the history of the universe.
Michio Kaku
#19. I would hope that the publicity around the Higgs boson would increase the public awareness of physics and cosmology.
Michio Kaku
#20. To understand the difficulty of predicting the next 100 years, we have to appreciate the difficulty that the people of 1900 had in predicting the world of 2000.
Michio Kaku
#22. The right hemisphere controls sensory attention and body image; the left hemisphere controls skilled movements and some aspects of language.
Michio Kaku
#23. You can mass-produce hardware; you cannot mass-produce software - you cannot mass-produce the human mind.
Michio Kaku
#24. If you want to see a black hole tonight, tonight just look in the direction of Sagittarius, the constellation. That's the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and there's a raging black hole at the very center of that constellation that holds the galaxy together.
Michio Kaku
#25. Science is definitely part of America's infrastructure, the engine of prosperity. And yet science is given almost no visibility in the media.
Michio Kaku
#26. For an animal, the past is largely a waste of precious resources, since it gives them little evolutionary advantage. But simulating the future, given the lessons of the past, is an essential reason why humans became intelligent.
Michio Kaku
#27. In some sense, gravity does not exist; what moves the planets and the stars is the distortion of space and time.
Michio Kaku
#28. There's the caveman in us. The caveman in you says, "I want direct contact. I don't want a picture." The caveman in our body says once in a while, we have to go outside. We have to meet real people, talk to real people, and do real things.
Michio Kaku
#29. We're in 'Jurassic Park' territory. If we go to the zoo in the future, we'll have zoos for extinct animals.
Michio Kaku
#30. There's no reason why we cannot become smarter, more perfect, and maybe even live longer.
Michio Kaku
#31. For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice.
Michio Kaku
#32. Music is the voice of God traveling through ten-dimensional hyperspace.
Michio Kaku
#33. In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band; physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the melodies we play on vibrating strings; the universe is a symphony of strings, and the 'Mind of God' is cosmic music resonating in 11-dimensional hyperspace.
Michio Kaku
#34. Science is about principles. It's about concepts. It's not about memorizing the parts of a flower. It helps to know some of these things, but if that's all you do that's not science, science is about principles and concepts.
Michio Kaku
#35. If our brains were simple enough to be understood, we wouldn't be smart enough to understand them. - ANONYMOUS
Michio Kaku
#36. Quantum entanglement allows you to send information faster than light, which upset Einstein. But Einstein has the last laugh. The information you send on quantum entanglement is random, useless information. So Einsein still has the last laugh.
Michio Kaku
#37. Starting with mice, cats, and going up the evolutionary scale of animals.
Michio Kaku
#38. I would like to believe that crop circles are evidence of visitation. But there have been too many people who have admitted to creating these crop circles, and too many people who have shown how to make one on TV programs, so I have my doubts.
Michio Kaku
#39. One day I went up to my mom and I said, 'Mom, can I have permission to build a 2.3-million electron-volt atom smasher - a betatron - in the garage?' And my mom stared at me, and she said, 'Sure. Why not? And don't forget to take out the garbage.'
Michio Kaku
#40. By 2100, our destiny is to become like the gods we once worshipped and feared. But our tools will not be magic wands and potions but the science of computers, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and most of all, the quantum theory.
Michio Kaku
#41. We believe that black holes collapse to rings hitting very fast. If you follow through the ring you don't die. The mathematics says you fall straight through, perhaps to another universe.
Michio Kaku
#42. I think a colony in space will take much longer than sci fiction writers think. It costs $10,000 to put a pound of anything into near earth orbit. That is your weight in gold. It costs about $100,000 a pound to put you on the moon. And it costs $1,000,000 a pound to put you on Mars.
Michio Kaku
#43. If at first an idea does not sound absurd, then there is no hope for it. - ALBERT EINSTEIN
Michio Kaku
#44. There are an estimated 100 billion neurons residing inside the skull with an exponential amount of neural connections
Michio Kaku
#45. A hydrogen bomb, for me, was puny compared to the Big Bang - the creation of the universe. That's what I really wanted to work on - the nature of the universe itself, and that's what I do for a living.
Michio Kaku
#46. Such thinking is sheer speculation, but the laws of physics allow for the possibility of opening a hole in space by concentrating enough energy at a single point, until we access the space-time foam and wormholes emerge connecting our universe to a baby universe.
Michio Kaku
#47. In 2025, don't be surprised if a Chinese flag is placed on the moon.
Michio Kaku
#48. Reality has always proved to be much more sophisticated and subtle than any preconceived philosophy.
Michio Kaku
#49. I think that by creating a world of plenty, by creating institutions and organizations that promote knowledge and promote understanding, I think I could be part of being in a better world.
Michio Kaku
#50. The media, of course, loves to make claims about the fountain of youth. Don't believe it. No one has it. But we're getting close.
Michio Kaku
#51. You cannot create new science unless you realize where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces us to confront this.
Michio Kaku
#52. I'm a physicist, and we have something called Moore's Law, which says computer power doubles every 18 months. So every Christmas, we more or less assume that our toys and appliances are more or less twice as powerful as the previous Christmas.
Michio Kaku
#53. Chances are, when we meet intelligent life forms in outer space they're going to be descended from predators.
Michio Kaku
#54. Entire cities could sprout instantly in the desert, with skyscrapers made entirely of force fields.
Michio Kaku
#55. The idea that excites me the most concerns the two greatest puzzles in science: the origin of the universe, and the origin of consciousness. The origin of the universe is what I do for a living, working on string theory. But I am also fascinated by consciousness.
Michio Kaku
#56. The best theory comes from string theory, which states that dark matter is nothing but a higher vibration of the string. We are, in some sense, the lowest octave of a vibrating string.
Michio Kaku
#57. This world may be a phantasm and existence may be merely a dream, but this dream or phantasm to me is real enough if using reason well we are never deceived by it.
Michio Kaku
#58. In making these predictions, I have had the invaluable assistance of scientists who graciously allowed me to interview them, broadcast their ideas on national radio, and even take a TV crew into their laboratories.
Michio Kaku
#59. You have to have a cultural ethic that allows for making mistakes. It cannot be that just because you make mistakes, you're out. You have to make mistakes in order to innovate.
Michio Kaku
#60. To understand the precise point when the possible becomes the impossible, you have to appreciate and understand the laws of physics.
Michio Kaku
#61. There are two competing trends in the world today: one is to create a planetary civilization that is tolerant, scientific, and prosperous, but the other glorifies anarchy and ignorance that could rip the fabric of our society.
Michio Kaku
#62. I am a futurist, projecting trends in science into the next decades and century, but ironically my two daughters - one is a neuroscientist and the other is a pastry chef - tell me that my taste in music is positively prehistoric.
Michio Kaku
#63. You might one day be able to send the experience of dancing the tango, bungee jumping, or skydiving to the people on your e-mail list. Not just physical activity, but emotions and feelings as well might be sent via brain-to-brain communication.
Michio Kaku
#64. The two greatest mysteries in all of nature are the mind and the universe.
Michio Kaku
#65. I guess my view of life is that you live your life and it's short. The thing is to have as rich an experience as you possibly can.
That's what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to do something creative. I try to educate people.
Michio Kaku
#66. Common sense has no place in Quantum Mechanics.
Michio Kaku
#67. I like to engage the public because when I was in high school, I had all these questions about anti-matter, higher dimensions and time travel. Every time I went to the library, every time I asked people these questions, I would get some strange looks. Nobody could answer any of these questions.
Michio Kaku
#68. I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money. If you're in physics, you create inventions, you create lasers, you create transistors, computers, GPS.
Michio Kaku
#69. In general, the larger the breeding population, the slower the rate of evolution.
Michio Kaku
#70. The brain weighs only three pounds, yet it is the most complex object in the solar system.
Michio Kaku
#71. Faust was this mythical figure who sold his soul to the devil for unlimited power. The Japanese have made that Faustian bargain because they don't have coal, oil or hydro power.
Michio Kaku
#72. If you take a look at the most fantastic schemes that are considered impossible: teleportation, warp drive, parallel universes, other dimensions, artificial intelligence, ray guns, you realize that they can be possible if we advance technology a little bit.
Michio Kaku
#73. Some advice: keep the flame of curiosity and wonderment alive, even when studying for boring exams. That is the well from which we scientists draw our nourishment and energy. And also, learn the math. Math is the language of nature, so we have to learn this language.
Michio Kaku
#74. In Einstein's equation, time is a river. It speeds up, meanders, and slows down. The new wrinkle is that it can have whirlpools and fork into two rivers. So, if the river of time can be bent into a pretzel, create whirlpools and fork into two rivers, then time travel cannot be ruled out.
Michio Kaku
#75. I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist.
Michio Kaku
#76. Cancer is like the common cold; there are so many different types. In the future we'll still have cancer, but we'll detect it very, very early, so that it won't kill anybody. We'll zap it at the molecular level decades before it grows into a tumor.
Michio Kaku
#77. I agree, along with Carl Sagan, that we should eventually become a two planet species. Life is too precious to place on a single planet.
Michio Kaku
#78. What do oil company executives, vampires and NASA bureaucrats all have in common? They fear solar energy.
Michio Kaku
#79. For them, the last option was to have brain surgery, which involved removing parts of the skull and exposing the brain. (Since the brain has no pain sensors, a person can be conscious during this entire procedure, so Dr. Penfield used only a local anesthetic during the operation.)
Michio Kaku
#80. Consciousness is the process of creating a model of the world using multiple feedback loops in various parameters (e.g., in temperature, space, time, and in relation to others), in order to accomplish a goal (e.g., find mates, food, shelter). I call this the "space-time theory of consciousness,
Michio Kaku
#81. An event horizon, or the point of no return, is only a byproduct of the bending of space. However, electricity and magnetism, by themselves, have no event horizon. It gets complicated, however, if a black hole has charge, and then this new solution does have an event horizon.
Michio Kaku
#82. I think Newton would be the greatest scientist who ever lived.
Michio Kaku
#83. I got a four year scholarship to Harvard, and while I was there they wanted to groom me for work in the Star Wars program designing weapons ignited by hydrogen bombs. I didn't want to do that. I thought about how many scientists had died in World War II.
Michio Kaku
#84. Some people seek meaning in life through personal gain, through personal relationship, or through personal experiences. However, it seems to me that being blessed with the intellect to divine the ultimate secrets of nature gives meaning enough to life.
Michio Kaku
#85. The word "robot" comes from the 1920 Czech play R.U.R. by playwright Karel Capek ("robot" means "drudgery" in the Czech language and "labor" in Slovak).
Michio Kaku
#86. The entire electromagnetic spectrum - from radar to TV, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, X-rays, microwaves, and gamma rays - is nothing but Maxwell waves, which in turn are vibrating Faraday force fields.
Michio Kaku
#88. Indeed, Isaac Newton himself, who introduced the concept of immutable laws which guided the planets and stars without divine intervention, believed that the elegance of these laws pointed to the existence of God.
Michio Kaku
#89. Cesium, iodine from the Chernobyl reactor accident went around the world many times and everyone on the Earth has a piece of Chernobyl in their bodies, but it's very tiny - too small to cause much damage.
Michio Kaku
#90. In the future we'll be able to mentally contact anybody we want, see whatever image we want. And when we don't like it, we'll just turn it off.
Michio Kaku
#91. Even if we mortgage the next 100 years of generations of human beings, we would not have enough energy to build a Death Star.
Michio Kaku
#92. As in the movie The Matrix, we might one day be able to download memories and skills using computers.
Michio Kaku
#93. So often, science fiction helps to get young people interested in science. That's why I don't mind talking about science fiction. It has a real role to play: to seize the imagination.
Michio Kaku
#94. I concluded that, unhappily, I'd been born into a world dominated by a rampaging monster called 'law' that was both all-powerful and all-stupid
Michio Kaku
#95. The results of these and other studies were eye-opening. The children who exhibited delayed gratification scored higher on almost every measure of success in life: higher-paying jobs, lower rates of drug addiction, higher test scores, higher educational attainment, better social integration, etc.
Michio Kaku
#96. Are skilled in the techniques necessary to neutralize any rogue robot.
Michio Kaku
#97. I believe we exist in a multiverse of universes.
Michio Kaku
#98. Global warming is controversial, of course, but the controversy is mainly over whether human activity is driving it.
Michio Kaku
#99. We are now entering a new golden age of neuroscience.
Michio Kaku
#100. My own emotional feeling is that life has a purpose - ultimately,
I'd guess that the purpose it has is the purpose that we've given it and not a purpose that came out of any cosmic design.
Michio Kaku
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