Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.

The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.

If an outsider perceives 'something wrong' with a core scientific model, the humble and justified response of that curious outsider should be to ask 'what mistake am I making?' before assuming 100% of the experts are wrong.

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more.

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.