No one of intelligence resents the inevitable.

Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.

Much blood has also been spilled on the carpet in attempts to distinguish between science fiction and fantasy. I have suggested an operational definition: science fiction is something that COULD happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that COULDN'T happen - though often you only wish that it could.

Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the religion which Chance has given you has contributed to your peace of mind (and often, as Western medical science now reluctantly admits, to your physical well-being). Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can achieve that goal will be the greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it may well decide whether we have any future.

My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.

Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference we should each be treated with appropriate respect.