That's the harm of Close Encounters: that it convinces tens of millions that that's what just science fiction is.

You don't have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

When I die I won't go to heaven or hell; there will just be nothingness.

Radiation, unlike smoking, drinking, and overeating, gives no pleasure, so the possible victims object.

Now any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user.