Asher Peres quotes

“Quantum phenomena do not occur in a Hilbert space. They occur in a laboratory.”
-- Asher Peres

Source : "Quantum theory: concepts and methods" by Asher Peres, Springer, (p. 373), 1995.

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“Unperformed experiments have no results.”
-- Asher Peres

Source : "Unperformed experiments have no results". American Journal of Physics 46: 745, 1978.

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“Some authors state that the last stage in this chain of measurements involves "consciousness," or the "intellectual inner life" of the observer, by virtue of the "principle of psycho-physical parallelism." Other authors introduce a wave function for the entire universe. In this book, I shall refrain from using concepts that I do not understand.”
-- Asher Peres

Source : "Quantum theory: concepts and methods" by Asher Peres, Springer, (p. 26-27), 1995.

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“Only one thing counts in this life - get them to sign on the line that is dotted.”

Source : "Fictional character: Blake". Glengarry Glen Ross, www.imdb.com. 1992.

“I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition.”

“Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.”

Source : Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

“If you're feeling helpless, help someone.”

“The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.”

“Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.”

“The ultimate Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is beyond space and time, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. So what can be said about it?”

“When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.”

“If quantum communication and quantum computation are to flourish, a new information theory will have to be developed.”

Source : Hans Christian Von Baeyer (2004). “Information: The New Language of Science”, p.231, Harvard University Press

“Quantum theory also tells us that the world is not simply objective; somehow it's something more subtle than that. In some sense it is veiled from us, but it has a structure that we can understand.”

Source : "Divine Action". Interview with Lyndon F. Harris, "Cross Currents", Volume 48, Issue 1, www.aril.org. Spring 1998.