Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down -- toppling the pretension that humans constitute some sort of biological aristocracy among the beings on Earth.

It's sometimes easier to reject strong evidence than to admit that we've been wrong, this is information about ourselves worth having.

A proclivity for science is embedded deeply within us, in all times, places, and cultures. It has been the means for our survival. It is our birthright. When, through indifference, inattention, incompetence, or fear of skepticism, we discourage children from science, we are disenfranchisin g them, taking from them the tools needed to manage their future.

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before.

One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of course do not always follow this commandment.)

Extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof.

If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power.