Understanding is a kind of ecstasy

Because men, compared to male chimps, have such relatively small testicles (large testicles indicate a species where many males mate, one after the other, with the same female), we might guess that promiscuous societies were uncommon in the immediate human past.

Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species - back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire - has been ethically ambiguous.

The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.