We may be living at that moment, on the cusp, when we go from being a species that feels a kind of loneliness in the cosmos to actually one sometime in the not too distant future being able to confirm the existence of other intelligent life.

And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn?

The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences.

If you have a beating heart, that's good enough.

No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.

We may be living at that moment, on the cusp, when we go from being a species that feels a kind of loneliness in the cosmos to actually one sometime in the not too distant future being able to confirm the existence of other intelligent life.

I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science.