Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future.

Then he [The Star Child] waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something.

Before the current decade ends, fee-paying passengers will be experiencing suborbital flights aboard privately funded vehicles. . . . It won't be too long before bright young men and women set their eyes on careers in Earth orbit and say: "I want to work 200 kilometers from home-straight up!"

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.