I understand that you take the Bible, as written in English, translated many many times over the last three millennia as to be a more accurate, more reasonable assessment of the natural laws we see around us than what I and everybody in here can observe. That, to me, is unsettling.

Millennial voters are very concerned about climate change and will vote for candidates who are planning to address it. But the systems that are in place - people talk about gerrymandering and the money that's in politics, this is a real thing, a real effect - and it's hard for climate change-denying legislators to get voted out. But I predict it will happen.

How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?

Religion is a completely different thing from the claim that the Earth is six thousand years old. That's just crazy.

But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they're not as good.

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing.

The world's going to change climatically. We just want to control the change. We want to have a high quality of life for billions of people as we pass through this era.