Alan Guth : (2) " If one just tried to invent a universe on one’s own, it would probably end up being a much less colorful and interesting universe than the one that we live in. " - Alan Guth " From the time I was a student, I think I was very confident in my raw abilities. I would think that, given a problem, I was as likely to solve it as anybody. But that’s not enough in science to succeed, really. " - Alan Guth