But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.

Speaking of human computers, there is a guy named Art Benjamin, he's a human calculator. He says it's a skill he learned as a kid. Now he's a math professor at Harvey Mudd. He can find the square root of a six digit number in a few seconds. Practice.

I say to the grown-ups, 'If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we've observed in the universe that's fine. But don't make your kids do it.'

We are special in the sense that we can know our place in the cosmos. We can know our place in space. We are at least one of the cosmos's ways of knowing itself. That fills me with reverence and joy. Another insight I really want people to consider is this: everyone has gotten this far. Everyone you meet has made it this far. Nobody is superior to anyone else from an evolutionary standpoint.

I don't perceive an anti-religious agenda, especially with regard to Christians and Christianity.

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

There really is no such thing as race.