Theory

"Theory is important: it shapes our society, whether or not we engage with it intellectually."

"There's nothing better in physics than when your theory is incompatible with a new piece of — especially a theory that has been working very, very well for a long time. Now, if you are individually the person who came up with the theory, you might be sad. But as a , that's how you make progress. If you want to win the , you don't show that Einstein was right. You show that Einstein was wrong. That's the way to get people excited."