For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.

If you meet somebody who says he or she has never dreamed of flying, I don't believe you. I mean, they're lying.

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.

Everyone, red state, blue state, everyone supports space exploration.

No matter what you may believe spiritually or otherwise, the Earth is clearly not 6,000 or 10,000 years old.

For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.

People get a lot out of being religious. They have strong senses of community and mutual support. So, what's not to love [there]?