Anybody who grew up with the space program is a fan of science fiction.

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

I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.

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

If we raise a generation of students who dont believe in the process of science, who think everything that weve come to know about nature and the universe can be dismissed by a few sentences translated into English from some ancient text, youre not going to continue to innovate.

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

Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact.