Bertrand Russell Quote

A physicist looks for causes; that does not necessarily imply that there are causes everywhere. A man may look for gold without assuming that there is gold everywhere; if he finds gold, well and good, if he doesn't he's had bad luck. The same is true when the physicists look for causes.


BBC Radio Debate on the Existence of God, Russell vs. Copleston (1948)


A physicist looks for causes; that does not necessarily imply that there are causes everywhere. A man may look for gold without assuming that there...

A physicist looks for causes; that does not necessarily imply that there are causes everywhere. A man may look for gold without assuming that there...

A physicist looks for causes; that does not necessarily imply that there are causes everywhere. A man may look for gold without assuming that there...

A physicist looks for causes; that does not necessarily imply that there are causes everywhere. A man may look for gold without assuming that there...