Sir Fred Hoyle (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an English astronomer noted primarily for the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
He also for his often co...
Going further back, we share a common ancestry with our fellow primates; and going still further back, we share a common ancestry with all other living creatures and plants down to the simplest microbe. Fred Hoyle
Going further back, we share a common ancestry with our fellow primates; and going still further back, we share a common ancestry with all other living creatures and plants down to the simplest microbe.
It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. Fred Hoyle
It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare.
Indeed, such a theory is so obvious that one wonders why it is not widely accepted as being self-evident. The reasons are psychological rather than scientific. Fred Hoyle
Indeed, such a theory is so obvious that one wonders why it is not widely accepted as being self-evident. The reasons are psychological rather than scientific.
Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. Fred Hoyle
Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.
In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth. Fred Hoyle
In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth.
When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow. Fred Hoyle
When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow.
What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness. Fred Hoyle
What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness.
The further back we go, the greater the difference from external appearances and behavior patterns which we observe today. Fred Hoyle
The further back we go, the greater the difference from external appearances and behavior patterns which we observe today.
Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out. Fred Hoyle
Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out.
An outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup. Fred Hoyle
An outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup.
Life cannot have had a random beginning. ... The trouble is that there are about two thousand enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in 10 to the 40,000 power. Fred Hoyle
Life cannot have had a random beginning. ... The trouble is that there are about two thousand enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in 10 to the 40,000 power.
Once we see, however, that the probability of life originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make it absurd, it becomes sensible to think that the favorable properties of physics, on which life depends, are in every respect deliberate. Fred Hoyle
Once we see, however, that the probability of life originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make it absurd, it becomes sensible to think that the favorable properties of physics, on which life depends, are in every respect deliberate.