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Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Expansion
Rate
Universe
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If we're damaged it will take 20 years to fix ourselves. It only takes one year to cause 20 years of damage.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Causes
Damage
Years
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The reality is that I'm making better wine than I thought I would. The whole process is simple but beautiful.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Wine
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I am an astronomer, and my job is to look to the heavens to better understand the universe and our place in it.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Universe
Astronomer
Heavens
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Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.
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Australia
Free Spirit
Thinking
Box
Australians
Outside
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There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.
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Able
Problem
Tests
Theory
Test
Theories
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I don't even really know what the big bang is, and so when people want to go through and say, 'Well, I believe that the universe started by God starting it,' that's fine by me.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Fine
Starting
Universe
God Believe I Believe
God Believe Me
God Believe Universe
Bang
Big Bang
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Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then testing these predictions.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Science
Despite
Developing
Predictions
Testing
Understanding
Then
Absolute
Often
How
Making
Portrayed
Truths
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Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my luck and instead will spend my life trying to find flaws in this understanding - such is the role of a scientist.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Absolute Truth
Aspect
Luck
Absolute
Realise
Stumble
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I'm actually surprised how technical a lot of commercial wine production is. Things are done very much from an industrial chemistry point of view at certain price points, but that's not the impression you get with wine.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Chemistry
Done
Impression
Point Of View
Views
Wine
Industrial
Surprised
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I have been described by one of my colleagues as a 'militant agnostic' with my tagline, 'I don't know, and neither do you!' I take this hard-line, fence-sitting position because it is the only position consistent with both my scientific ethos and my conscience.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Agnostic
Colleagues
Conscience
Consistent
Ethos
Militant
Position
Hard-Line
Neither
Scientific
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I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around us. People always want to know - why is that useful? Well, on just pure fundamental grounds, on some level it's like art, it's like umm, music, it's aesthetics, it's like philosophy. You want to know where you are in the Universe.
Brian Schmidt / Professor
Art
Jobs
Aesthetic
Cosmos
Philosophy
Pure
Art Music Always
Explore
Fundamental
Grounds
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