One time on a dive, I wound up drifting up in darkness surrounded by billions of photoluminescent creatures. It was a religious experience, one only a poet could do justice to.

Earth is a silly name for this planet.

Science is about filling in the details.

Movies like 'The Abyss' and 'Jaws' make people think the ocean is threatening. It's not. It's very tranquil.

I grew up before computers. Computers are changing things, not all for the good.

Pressure hulls collapse at the speed of sound. Once that starts, you're inside your own little imploding atomic bomb, and you're gone.

The crazy thing is we live on an ocean planet - nobody gets that yet.