The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.

We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.

Cleverly designed experiments are the key.

The Earth is a place. It is by no means the only place. It is not even a typical place.

Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error. . . .

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.

The cosmos is all there is, all there ever was, and all there ever will be.