I claim that relativity and the rest of modern physics is not complicated. It can be explained very simply. It is only unusual or, put another way, it is contrary to common sense.

Society's emissions of carbon dioxide may or may not turn out to have something significant to do with global warming-the jury is still out.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.

In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land."

Two paradoxes are better than one they may even suggest a solution.

Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.

It is often claimed that knowledge multiplies so rapidly that nobody can follow it. I believe this is incorrect. At least in science it is not true. The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. This, of course, goes contrary to what everyone accepts.