There's something in science like the shine of the Patronus Charm, driving back all sorts of darkness and madness.

The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any outcome, you have zero knowledge.

You cannot rationalize what is not rational to begin with - as if lying were called truthization. There is no way to obtain more truth for a proposition by bribery, flattery, or the most passionate argument - you can make more people believe the proposition, but you cannot make it more true.

Existential depression has always annoyed me; it is one of the world's most pointless forms of suffering.

To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance.

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.

Singularitarians are the munchkins of the real world. We just ignore all the usual dungeons and head straight for the cycle of infinite wish spells.