If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be real scientific data, not mere anecdote. As with the face on Mars and alien abductions, better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.

Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.

Science is not perfect. It's often misused; it's only a tool, but it's the best tool we have. Self-correcting , ever changing, applicable to everything: with this tool, we vanquish the impossible.

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

We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam

Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.