Take empathy, something added to human nature very recently and moving as we speak. Less than 300 years ago, Christians were enjoying watching a bear and dogs fight in a pit, racing Jews like horses, and had a life expectancy of less than 50 years. Today there are vegans who won't kill a fly, and yet wars too.

Beliefs should be like the rest of life, and real life isn't rules but learning and adaption.

Since science is fashionable today, it allows its fraternity to propose cloddish monstrosities as a solution to man's problems in many fields. Fashion rules and, anyway, who but the experts can even dare to speak up?

Positions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired.

We don't just change our minds, we change the way we see things. That's one reason I'm a better grandfather than I was a father.

Of course as soon as I say something or write it that sounds like I believe it, and really I'm never entirely sure.

We are not evolved but evolving.