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.

The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.

Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found.

Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.

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

I feel that I've often pointed out that there are countless aspects of life and nature that scientists and scientific thinkers cannot explain. Why the universe is accelerating in its expansion and what came before the Big Bang serve as compelling examples. The process of science provides a way to seek answers to those questions.

The theory of evolution was not formally published until shortly before Faraday's death. Evolution was yet to be discovered during Faraday's life. Also, I don't think that Michael Faraday would claim that the Earth is extraordinarily young.