One might accept death reasoningly, with every aspect of the conscious mind, but the body was a brute beast that knew nothing of reason.

They won't listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don't want the truth; they want their traditions.

Surely no child, and few adults, have ever watched a bird in flight without envy.

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise - even in their own field.

Now remember, kids, the internet is serious business.

Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.