I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.

Depression is sadness gone wrong

Both Newton and Darwin were driven by the data and were forced to recognize that they couldn't explain everything. It may be a characteristic of great scientists to know what to accept and what to leave out.

I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.

There is zero evidence for god.

The image of the disinterested, dispassionate scientist is no less false than that of the mad scientist who is willing to destroy the world for knowledge.

It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life.